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Headline Secretary-General Sends Mission to Kuwait to Assess Damage during Iraqi Occupation

Caption Description "Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar dispatched a special mission to Kuwait at the request of their Government to assess the loss of civilians and survey the infrastructural and environmental damage during the Iraqi occupation. The mission is led by Abdulrahim A. Farah, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. The team includes representatives and technical advisors from the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Department of International Economic and Social Affairs, the Department of Technical Cooperation for Development and the Centre for Human Rights.
Burning oil-wells at Al Magwa with a destroyed Iraqi tank in the foreground. The Iraqi destruction has caused tremendous damage to the region's environment."

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NICA ID 1411

Production Date 03/25/1991 12:00:00 AM

Country Kuwait

Credit UN Photo/John Isaac

File size 7.01 MB