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Iraq: UN voices outrage over attack on Public Works Ministry

Iraq: UN voices outrage over attack on Public Works Ministry

Top United Nations officials today voiced outrage at yesterday’s attack in Baghdad on the Ministry of Public Works and Municipalities while Vice President Adel Abdul Mehdi was visiting the building.

In a letter addressed to Mr. Mehdi, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Deputy Special Representative Michael Schulenburg conveyed Mr. Ban’s “shock and outrage” and that of his Special Representative Ashraf Qazi over the “criminal attack.”

Mr. Schulenburg described the bombing “as reprehensible and extended United Nations’ condolences to the families of those killed in the attack and congratulated the Vice President on his safe and immediate resumption of his duties,” the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) said in a statement.