Press Release (2003)092 19 Aug. 2003

Deputy Secretary General of NATO, Ambassador Minuto Rizzo, Condemns Attack on UN Headquarters in Baghdad Having learned of the bomb attack on the UN Headquarters today in Baghdad, Iraq, Ambassador Alessandro Minuto Rizzo said: “I condemn in the strongest possible terms this cowardly attack on the offices of the United Nations in Baghdad. It is an act of barbarity aimed at an international institution working to assist the people of Iraq. On behalf of NATO, I offer sincere sympathies to the relatives of international and local UN staff as well as Iraqis and others who suffered as a result of this tragic event”.

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