United Nations Security Council members today condemned “in the strongest terms” repeated attacks in Iraq against foreign and Iraqi nationals, as well as international and coalition personnel.
Adnan Pachachi, President of the Iraqi Governing Council for January, has agreed to come to New York next month to meet with Secretary-General Kofi Annan for talks on the future role of the United Nations in the country, a UN spokesman said today.
A planned meeting between the United Nations and representatives of the Iraqi Governing Council and the United States-led Coalition Provisional Authority could be slightly delayed in order to accommodate the schedule of participants, a UN spokesman said today.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said he hopes to meet next month with members of Iraq's Governing Council as well as the coalition to elucidate the future role of the United Nations in the country.
An additional $1.4 billion has been approved as compensation for those suffering losses and damage resulting from Iraq's invasion and occupation of Kuwait in 1990-1991, the United Nations panel processing those claims announced today.
Meeting a day after Secretary-General Kofi Annan reported that most if not all Kuwaitis missing in Iraq since 1990 are probably dead, the United Nations Security Council today said the perpetrators must pay for their crimes.
Addressing the Security Council today, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan outlined plans for reconstituting the world body’s work in Iraq while appealing for clear guidance on what role it is being asked to fulfil.
With Iraq facing a crucial crossroads in its history, the country's Foreign Minister today appealed to the Security Council to expand United Nations activities there.
In a new report on the fate of Kuwaitis who went missing in Iraq after the 1990 invasion of their country, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says fresh evidence suggests that most if not all were killed.
