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UN considering setting up regional bases to visit Iraq
UN, Nov 21: In view of unstable security conditions in Iraq and rising attacks against humanitarian workers, the United Nations is considering setting up `bases` from which its staff could pay regular visits to Baghdad for consultations and then return.
UN, Nov 21: In view of unstable
security conditions in Iraq and rising attacks against
humanitarian workers, the United Nations is considering
setting up "bases" from which its staff could pay regular
visits to Baghdad for consultations and then return.
Amman, Jordan and Larnaca, Cyprus are being considered
for the setting up of the regional offices.
In that scenario, "there would be constant back and
forth and direct consultations with some people in Iraq.
This is what we have in mind," Secretary-General Kofi Annan
told reporters yesterday.
Annan said he would appoint his representative to
handle the UN operations on the ground "fairly shortly" and
someone to replace UN envoy Sergio Vieira De Mello who was
killed in the truck bomb attack on UN Baghdad Headquarters
along with 21 others on Aug 19.
Meanwhile, Annan has received a letter from Iraq's
governing council suggesting new political arrangements and
asking for UN support.
The Security Council, he said, is awaiting a letter as current chairman of the governing council Jalal Talabani had indicated that one is being sent and "we are waiting to see what is in that document."
Bureau Report
The Security Council, he said, is awaiting a letter as current chairman of the governing council Jalal Talabani had indicated that one is being sent and "we are waiting to see what is in that document."
Bureau Report