relief

Thousands of Iraqi children will die unless they are made top priority – UNICEF

2 May 2003
Thousands of Iraqi youngsters will die and hundreds of thousands more will be injured, fall prey to disease, suffer abuse and exploitation or fall behind in school, unless all involved in shaping the post-war future make the battle to protect children the number one priority, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned today.
Trucks loaded with food aid for Iraq (WFP)

Senior UN relief officials return to Iraq after six-week absence

1 May 2003
The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq led a team of senior UN officials across the border from Jordan into Iraq today to re-establish a permanent presence of international personnel in Baghdad for relief operations for the first time since being withdrawn on the eve of hostilities in March.