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24/10/2003
Security will determine UN's involvement in Iraq, says official
A top UN humanitarian official has told the Iraq donors’ conference in Madrid that security is “the single most important factor” shaping the world body’s work in the country.
UN Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Jan Egeland, said that the UN had "beefed up" security measures since a bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad took 22 lives, but security "will determine our ability to initiate, monitor and carry out new assistance programmes".
He told the International Conference on Reconstruction in Iraq that the top priorities were to "ensure that the basic needs of the most vulnerable parts of the population are met and that essential services like health, water and sanitation continue to improve”.
The Under-Secretary-General added: “For us humanitarians, helping to build the capacity of national and local institutions is the best reconstruction assistance and guarantee that we will one day make ourselves obsolete.”
(gmcg)
UN Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Jan Egeland, said that the UN had "beefed up" security measures since a bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad took 22 lives, but security "will determine our ability to initiate, monitor and carry out new assistance programmes".
He told the International Conference on Reconstruction in Iraq that the top priorities were to "ensure that the basic needs of the most vulnerable parts of the population are met and that essential services like health, water and sanitation continue to improve”.
The Under-Secretary-General added: “For us humanitarians, helping to build the capacity of national and local institutions is the best reconstruction assistance and guarantee that we will one day make ourselves obsolete.”
(gmcg)
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