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UN relief organizations in Iraq to take extra security measures following attacks

24 July 2003
United Nations humanitarian organizations in Iraq are preparing to take extra security measures following the killing of two workers for international organizations earlier this week, a senior UN spokesman said in Baghdad today.

Unexploded ordnance continues to kill Iraqi children - UNICEF

17 July 2003
The conflict in Iraq may be over but children continue to be killed and maimed at a steady pace by the remnants of war - coalition cluster bombs looking like toys, thousands of tons of Iraqi munitions abandoned in residential areas and leaking missiles lying around Baghdad - the United Nations children's agency said today.

UN food supplies to Iraq surpass one million tons since April

3 July 2003
With the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr becoming a key entry point for humanitarian supplies, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today it had already brought more than one million tons of food into the country since April, enough to feed the entire population for two months.

ECOSOC and four UN agencies discuss ways to harmonize cooperation

3 July 2003
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), holding its annual session in Geneva, met today with four top officials of the world body’s agencies to examine ways of enhancing cooperation for international development.