International community rallies around Iraq

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan called on Iraq’s neighbours and other nations today to reassure Iraq it has the world’s support as Iraqis work to secure and rebuild the country.

Annan joined the US, the European Union and Iraq in opening a one-day conference at EU headquarters in Brussels on Iraq’s future. Dozens of senior officials from more than 80 nations and organisations attended the meeting - from the Fiji Islands to the Vatican and China – at the request of Iraq’s six-week-old transitional government.