Senior garda to play key role in Iraq’s UN security

A SENIOR garda is set to play a key role in determining future United Nations involvement in Iraq.

Deputy Commissioner Peter Fitzgerald has been appointed by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to investigate the security arrangements of UN staff in Iraq.

Mr Fitzgerald is the designated police expert in a four-person international panel set up in the wake of last August’s terrorist attack on UN headquarters in Baghdad, which killed 22 people, including UN envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello. The panel, led by former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, will give its recommendations to the secretary general within weeks.