WHO concludes visit to Baghdad

A delegation representing the World Health Organization (WHO) has concluded an official visit to Baghdad during which it discussed with officials at the Iraqi ministry of health the possible impact of using depleted Uranium ( during the second Gulf war) on health in Iraq.

The Iraqi news agency said the health ministry secretary Zuheir Saeed Abdul Salaam presided over the Iraqi side to the talks, while the WHO side was presided over by the regional assistant for WHO to the East Mediterranean basin Abdul Aziz Saleh.

The agency quoted Abdul Salaam as saying that it was agreed that Iraqi experts will make field checks in the areas already bombarded during the war and then WHO after two weeks to hold field tests and visits to the areas defined by the two sides.