23 April 2003: UNICEF international staff re-enter Iraq


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23 April 2003 - United Nations international staff have re-entered Iraq for the first time since the outbreak of the conflict.

According to a UNICEF report, a five car UNICEF convoy with UNICEF and WFP international staff members crossed the border from Turkey into northern Iraq at 15.45, (13.45 GMT) Wednesday, 23 April.

This is the first time that UN international staff members have entered Iraq permanently since their evacuation on 19 March, 2003 prior to the outbreak of fighting.

The convoy is expected to reach Erbil later this evening.

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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 ext. 407
(Cell + 962 79 557 9991
Simon Ingram, UNICEF Amman: singram@unicef.org,
(Cell + 962 79 504 2058
Gordon Weiss, UNICEF New York, gweiss@unicef.org
(+1-212) 326-7426

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

(962-79) 50422058
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