UN key official to visit Iraq

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, Valerie Amos, is expected to visit Iraq on Sept. 11-14 to see how UN agencies can further support the aid efforts in the Middle East country, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said here Wednesday.

“During her visit, she will meet senior Iraqi and Kurdish officials as well as visit displaced communities,” Dujarric said at a daily news briefing. “She is expected to hold a press conference in Baghdad on 14 September.”

“The (UN) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ( OCHA) says that as the winter approaches, UN agencies and their humanitarian partners will continue to increase their assistance,” he said.

Amos, who is also the UN emergency relief coordinator, is head of OCHA.

“Up to 1.8 million people have been displaced since the beginning of the year in Iraq,” Dujarric said. /End/