relief

Sergio Vieira de Mello

UN envoy continues talks with Iraqi politicians, jurists, journalists

16 June 2003
United Nations envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello, in a second week of talks with a wide spectrum of Iraqi society, today met with the head of the Iraqi Constitutional Monarchists Movement, Sherif Ali Bin Hussein, who told him the UN should not only play a humanitarian role but also be active in the political and reconstruction spheres.

Amid insecurity and unexploded bombs, UN readies school exams in Iraq

12 June 2003
Even as the general security situation remains uncertain in Iraq, and unexploded ordnance takes a regular toll of killed and injured, United Nations agencies today reported plans to ensure end-of-year exams next month for the 6 million students throughout the country.

Iraq: UN Children’s Fund warns of surge in diarrhoeal diseases

9 June 2003
Warning that in Iraq diarrhoea is a major killer, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported much higher rates of the disease than this time last year.

UN agencies report improved security in Iraq, but concerns remain

5 June 2003
United Nations relief agencies in Iraq, which have long been alarmed at the lawlessness hampering their activities, today reported “a significant improvement,” but still warned that public security remained a top concern.

Grenades, guns, death threats all in an Iraqi doctor’s day of work, says WHO

4 June 2003
A patient pursued by gun-toting assailants, a doctor threatened with death if a relative dies, hand grenade juggling during visitors’ hours – such are the daily challenges faced by hospital staff in Basra, Iraq’s second city, according to the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO).
UN envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello

UN envoy in Iraq meets more agency officials and financial bodies

4 June 2003
The top United Nations official in Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello, continued his consultations on his second full day in Baghdad today to familiarize himself with all relevant issues as he seeks to define precisely what the world body’s role will be in the country’s reconstruction.
Sergio Vieira de Mello

Top UN envoy in Iraq meets with US, British civilian chiefs

3 June 2003
The top United Nations official in Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello, met with his counterparts from the United Kingdom and United States today to discuss the world body’s role in the country’s reconstruction.
UN envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello

Top UN envoy for Iraq arrives in Baghdad; food distribution resumes

2 June 2003
The top United Nations envoy for Iraq arrived in Baghdad today pledging to assist in the “critical efforts” to quickly establish a representative Iraqi government, as UN-supplied food rations again began reaching the civilian population.

Iraq: Japan becomes UN Children’s Fund’s top donor

2 June 2003
Japan has become the United Nations Children’s Fund’s (UNICEF) top donor for relief efforts in Iraq with a donation this week of $10.2 million to support reopening schools across the country, bringing its total contributions to more than $15 million, the agency announced today.

Iraq: UN food programme gears up for restarting distribution system

29 May 2003
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), together with the Iraqi Ministry of Trade and the United States-run Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance, is finalizing the reactivation of the public distribution system that provides services to 27 million Iraqis, the agency said today.