UN withdraws westerners

New York - The UN said yesterday the it would no longer allow Americans and Britons to work in its humanitarian programme in …

New York - The UN said yesterday the it would no longer allow Americans and Britons to work in its humanitarian programme in Iraq after Baghdad failed to assure their safety.

The UN spokesman, Mr Fred Eckhard, said Undersecretary-General Benon Sevan, in charge of security, decided that "all United states and United Kingdom nationals working for The United Nations in Iraq should leave the country."