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REBUILDING IN THE GULF

WHO returns to Iraq amid improved security

U.N. agency withdrew personnel 5 years ago in wake of terror attack

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Posted: July 24, 2008
12:00 am Eastern

By Matt Sanchez
© 2008 WorldNetDaily

 

 

U.N. headquarters in Baghdad after it was hit by a truck bomb Aug. 19, 2003

NEW YORK – In a further sign of improving security conditions in Iraq, the World Health Organization has restored a permanent international presence in the country after having fled in 2003.

The WHO's representative, Naeema Al-Gasseer, said the U.N. agency welcomes the opportunity to assist with Iraq's health goals, but security is always a concern.

"It is like a pendulum," she said. "We are still watching carefully for emergencies and humanitarian assistances, while at the same time focusing on assisting the government in policy development and investing in the recent security improvements."

The agency had had a presence in Iraq since 1960 amid coups, war with Iran, the first Persian Gulf war and the ensuing era of U.N. sanctions. But the WHO withdrew its staff from the country after the August 2003 attack on U.N. headquarters in Baghdad that killed 22 people and injured more than 100 others.

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Comments

[Sander]

United Nations is back in Iraq????

Is this the type of change we can believe in?

[WHO]

Nice, short and too the point. Good job Matt

[Wilhelm R.]

The WHO and the UN are tremendous organizations when utilized effectively. The liberal elitists would have you think that their mere existence is for the sake of "diversity". Hogwash, these multinational institutions are the backbone of cooperation among warring nations. The liberal media somehow twisted the issue around as though it was Conservatives who were demonizing the UN and WHO. Nothing could be further from the truth.