Fouad Massoum chairman of the preparatory committee of Iraq's national conference addresses a conference in Baghdad. Fouad Massoum, chairman of the preparatory committee of Iraq's national conference speaks during a joint news conference with Jamal Benomar, U.N. representative in Iraq in the capital Baghdad July 29, 2004. A major political conference to chart Iraq's path to democracy has been postponed until August 15 under pressure from the United Nations, raising concerns that elections planned for early next year might also be delayed. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz