relief

Humanitarian aid convoy (WFP)

Lack of security still hampering UN's humanitarian operations in Iraq

26 June 2003
Lack of security remains a source of concern for United Nations operations in Iraq and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to temporarily withdraw from the Al Hurriya warehouse in Baghdad following ongoing unrest and theft, a spokesman said today.
UN officials launch humanitarian appeal

UN urges donors to make up shortfall in humanitarian appeal for Iraq

23 June 2003
The United Nations today appealed to donor countries to make up an outstanding $259 million in funding needed to carry out its humanitarian relief operations in Iraq through to the end of the year.

UN set to launch appeal for additional $259 million in relief aid to Iraq

20 June 2003
The United Nations will launch a new humanitarian appeal for Iraq next week calling for $259 million to cover relief operations until the end of the year.
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.