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PARIS, March 17 (KUNA) -- Despite reports of some progress on security and
political issues, the situation in Iraq remains "extremely fragile" and
requires a global approach to handle a particularly deep humanitarian crisis
there, French officials say.
Answering questions on an Amnesty International report on the humanitarian
toll of the Iraqi crisis and the creation of over four million refugees from
that country, French Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Pascale Andreani said that
Iraqis and non-Iraqis, alike, must mobilize to find a solution to this problem.
"The crisis affecting Iraq is one of the most grave in the world," she said.
"In a situation which remains extremely fragile with regard to security,
there is a humanitarian dimension of a particular gravity," she added.
"The priority is to mobilize all energies, those of Iraqis, but also those
of countries of the region, the United States, the European Union and the
International Community, to bring a solution here without delay," Andreani
remarked.
In the third week of April, a major Ministerial conference is being
organized in Kuwait to address the problem of Iraq, with participation by
Iraqs neighbours, while many other countries will attend as observers. (End)
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