UNICEF: 20 March 2003: What was said


		Home / Employment / Contact / Search / Français / Español

Press Centre

Press Centre Home

Press Releases 1996-2003

Press Centre

News flash

Top UNICEF official returns to Iraq

Links

• Read Carol Bellamy's 20 March statement

• 12 June UNICEF repairing sewers, collecting garbage for the well-being of Iraqi children
• 8 June Diarrheoa, typhoid among threats to Iraq children

• 2 May War is over, but the battle to protect Iraq’s children is far from won

• 1 May What UNICEF said at the UN Briefing in Amman
• 1 May News flash: Top UNICEF official returns to Iraq

• UNICEF Iran convoys food, supplies to Baghdad 30 April

• With chlorine supplies dwindling, Iraqi children face onslaught of water-borne diseases 29 Apri l

• 28 April What UNICEF said at the UN Briefing in Amman
• 27 April
• 22 April 2003 What UNICEF said at the UN Briefing in Amman
• 23 April International Staff re-enter Iraq
• 22 April 2003 What UNICEF said at the UN Briefing in Amman
• 21 April 2003
• 20 April 2003
• 17 April 2003
• 16 April 2003
• more ...

• Access more information about the children of Iraq at UNICEF's online Iraq Press Room

• UNICEF's professional photos are available to qualified publications. Write photo@unicef.org

• Broadcasters!
UNICEF has video footage from inside Iraq, topics include health, nutrition, education, and access to water and relief supplies being packed at UNICEF's global warehouse . For a Beta copy of the b-roll, along with shot descriptions.

NEW YORK/GENEVA/BAGHDAD, 1 May 2003 - Carel de Rooy, the UNICEF country representative for Iraq crossed the Jordanian border last night, reaching Baghdad's Palestine Hotel at 17.40 today.

De Rooy's arrival marks the first return of international UNICEF staff to the Iraqi capital since the final evacuation on March 19 prior to the outbreak of fighting.

Mr de Rooy said that his first stop after his 14 hour journey will be to greet the 200-strong UNICEF national staff.

"These people worked throughout the conflict to maintain water systems and deliver humanitarian supplies," he said. "They did this despite fears for their own safety, and we at UNICEF applaud them for their courage and dedication."

For further information please contact us:.

Geoffrey Keele, UNICEF Iraq: gkeele@unicef.org
(962-6) 551-5921 ext. 126
(cell +962-79)692-6191
Anis Salem, UNICEF Amman: asalem@unicef.org
(+962-6) 553-9977
Wivina Belmonte, UNICEF Geneva: wbelmonte@unicef.org,
(+41-79) 909-5509
Alfred Ironside, UNICEF New York, aironside@unicef.org
(+1-212) 326-7261

For interviews in the region, write or call directly to the UNICEF NewsDesk in Amman:

(962-79) 50422058
iraqichild@unicef.org