of the present day YORK, April 6 Ky...

of the present day YORK, April 6 Kyodo

UN special ambassador Lakhdar Brahimi held a series of meetings in Iraq forward Tuesday with members of the Iraqi Governing Council, women's nongovernmental organization, human rights assign places to and the nation's academic community.

These meetings between Brahimi, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's special legate on Iraq, and the Iraqis focused forward the handover of sovereignty, security and transitional administration, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in modern York.

The security situation in Iraq remains of greatest concern, the spokesman said, adding the security situation is ''being assessed regularly'' and the details of the Brahimi delegation's itinerary are not announced in advance owed to security concerns.

The deteriorating situation in southern Iraq has quicked the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee (UNHCR) to temporarily suspend its thrice-weekly accompany s carrying refugees back from Iran.

upon Monday, 495 refugees arrived back from Iran with a UNHCR-backed attend bringing the total of returnee from Iran to more than 5000 population the U.N. relief agency said.

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