VARIOUS: IRAQ REPLACES AMBASSADOR TO UNITED NATIONS/U.N. WFP APPEALS TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO HELP IRAQ IN FOOD SHORTAGES

Record ID: 990356

  • Title: VARIOUS: IRAQ REPLACES AMBASSADOR TO UNITED NATIONS/U.N. WFP APPEALS TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO HELP IRAQ IN FOOD SHORTAGES
  • Date: 4th February 1999
  • Summary: UNITED NATIONS (FEBRUARY 3, 1999) (REUTERS) 1. SV IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS DOCTOR SAEED HASAN PRESENTING HIS CREDENTIALS TO UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN 0.15 UNITED NATIONS (FILE) (REUTERS) 2. FORMER IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS NIZAR HAMDOON WALKING DOWN ESCALATOR 0.23 NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (FEBRUARY 3, 1999)(REUTERS) 3. SV HASAN WALKING INTO OFFICE/HASAN AT DESK 92 SHOTS) 0.44 4. MCU (ENGLISH) HASAN SAYING: "Well for the time being I think the lifting of sanctions is the top goal of the Iraqi government. And it should be the top goal of the international community. It really helps to find justice for Iraqi people, and it helps to regain the credibility of the United Nations which was hurt by the imposing of this kind of comprehensive sanctions that hurt children" 1.18 BAGHDAD, IRAQ (FILE) (REUTERS) 5. SV/LV BELL RINGING ON MOSQUE/ STREET SCENE (2 SHOTS) 1.25 6. TV/SLV FOOD MARKET/ NEWSPAPER STALL (2 SHOTS) 1.30 NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (FEBRUARY 3, 1999)(REUTERS) 7. MCU (ENGLISH) HASAN SAYING: "All Iraqi citizens - they are not ready to give compromises, for a bite. This is a question of principle. Great nations don't exchange their dignity with food, never" 1.49 8. SV HASAN AT DESK DURING INTERVIEW 1.53 9. MCU (ENGLISH) HASAN "As long as it takes, we never give up - we never gave up - study our history" 2.00 UNITED NATIONS (FILE) (UNTV) 10. LV SECURITY COUNCIL 2.04 UNITED NATIONS (FEBRUARY 3, 1999) (UNTV) 11. SV/MCU (ENGLISH) FRED ECKHARD, UN SPOKESMAN, SAYING: "The U.N. security coordinator, Benan Sevan has directed that all United States and United Kingdom nationals working for the United Nations in Iraq should leave the country" (2 SHOTS) 2.23 BAGHDAD, IRAQ (FEBRUARY 3, 1999) (AGENCY POOL) 12. SV/LV UNSCOM HEADQUARTERS/ UNSCOM VEHICLES OUTSIDE UNSCOM HEADQUARTERS (3 SHOTS) 2.36 13. SLV UNSCOM VEHICLE LEAVING COMPOUND 2.48 14. SV UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR HANS VON SPONECK IN HOTEL FOYER 2.52 15. MCU (ENGLISH) SPONECK SAYING: "If a government tells us that certain nationals are no longer secure in this country then we cannot question that. So the United Nations decided to withdraw these nationals and as of yesterday, yesterday morning, all those that were on a list that was given to us left the country. No more UK or US nationals that were identified are still in this country, the last one went to Amman yesterday morning" 3.30 16. SLV HOTEL 3.34 17. MCU (ENGLISH) SPONECK SAYING: "We are trying to be helpful in all parts of Iraq at the moment, there's absolutely no reason for me to believe that there is another attack of the kind this painful attack in mid-December in the making, I don't think so" 3.52 ROME, ITALY (FEBRUARY 3, 1999) (REUTERS) 18. SLV/SV EXTERIOR OF WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP) HEADQUARTERS/ FLAG FLYING (3 SHOTS) 4.02 19. SV/CU WFP ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JEAN-JACQUES GRAISSE ENTERING ROOM, SITS AT DESK/ GRAISSE LOOKING AT DOCUMENTS (2 SHOTS) 4.20 20. MCU (ENGLISH) GRAISSE SAYING: "We have some fairly worrying signals of malnutrition among the children in Iraq. The situation has, as you know, been bad for many many years. There has unquestionably been some improvements with the oil for food deal was finally agreed and since it was implement so there have been some improvements, but we still have segments of the population particularly children who are severely affected by the overall lack of a good healthy situation, food-wise, water-wise, sanitation-wise in Iraq." 5.01 BAGHDAD, IRAQ (FILE - NOVEMBER 1998) (REUTERS) 21. SLV INTERIOR HOSPITAL 5.05 22. MCU WEEPING MOTHER HOLDING OXYGEN MASK OVER CHILD'S FACE/CRYING BABY (3 SHOTS) 5.14 23. SLV EXTERIOR, PEOPLE WALKING ON STREET 5.18 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: UNITED NATIONS/ NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES/ BAGHDAD, IRAQ/ ROME, ITALY
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