Iraq: UN condemns attack on migration organization
The top United Nations envoy in Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello, has deplored a shooting attack on an International Organization for Migration (IOM) convoy, after which one of the vehicles collided with a bus, killing the driver, a national staff member, and injuring an international staff member.
The top United Nations envoy in Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello, has deplored a shooting attack on an International Organization for Migration (IOM) convoy, after which one of the vehicles collided with a bus, killing the driver, a national staff member, and injuring an international staff member.
IOM is an independent organization that is not a member of the UN system, but works very closely with the UN in Iraq and other UN operations around the world. There was a separate UN World Health Organization (WHO) convoy in the vicinity of the attack on the Baghdad-Hillah road, which caught up with the IOM convoy and rendered assistance to the staff involved.
“The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq condemns the shooting and extends his condolences to the family of the national staff member,” Mr. Vieira de Mello’s spokesman said in a statement.