Brussels, 26/09/2003 (Agence Europe) - The announcement that the UN is to withdraw further expatriate staff from Iraq due to safety concerns will affect the humanitarian operations of Echo (the Community's humanitarian office), but projects are continuing, mainly using local staff. Jean-Charles Ellermann-Kigombe, the spokesperson of the European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid, Poul Nielson, told the press in Brussels that Echo would keep its office in Baghdad. Opened earlier this year, it...