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The insurgents have struck a rocket shell near to a place of carrying out of press conference of the UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon in Iraq. As it has become known, nobody has suffered in result of this incident.
The attack has occurred during Ban Ki-moon’s and Iraq Prime Minister’s conference for journalists near the Prime-Minister’s office in the so-called “green zone”. As the Associated Press, referring to present on a place of events of own correspondent, informs, Ban Ki-moon has had time to be covered behind a tribune.
The Iraqi Prime minister has declared, that “nothing terrible has happened”, and press conference has been again proceeded in some minutes.
As it was formed later, a rocket shell in 1 meter diameter and 50 meters from a building, where the conference has been held, has occurred.
What really warns is that the building of the American embassy and a number of offices of the Iraq government are also settled down near to a place of incident.
It is worth of mentioning that Ban Ki-moon is now making his second large foreign trip as the Secretary General. The United Nations chief has chosen the Near East, because, as he said, “the situation with safety in this region is one of the most important for today of the international questions “.
In the end of March 2007, Ban Ki-moon is to visit Israel and the Palestinian territories with the purpose of affording the renewal of the Palestine-Israeli peace process.
Meanwhile today it was not the first incident, connected with an attack on employees of the United Nations Organization. Earlier, the four armed Palestinians in masks have grasped the United Nations’ car in Gaza. The driver has not suffered.
 

France’s Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin considers that the United States should disengage the armies from Iraq within this year.
In France’s prime minister’s opinion, the situation in Iraq becomes “even more menacing” if not to develop the plan of overcoming of crisis that assumes, particularly, in defining final terms of withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq. Dominique de Villepin said that he considers that it should occur within a year. According to France’s prime minister’s words this will allow Iraqis to feel, that the future of their country in their hands, and will give them back them a feeling of their national sovereignty.
Acting at Harvard University’s School of management, the chief of the French government has emphasized that true force of the USA “does not consist only in its army”.
According to the prime minister’s words, in 20 century the USA were the guarantor of protection of human rights for the world, however war in Iraq became a turning point which has changed former representations about America. Thus the prime minister of France has noted that the Iraq military campaign has impaired a little image not only of the USA, but also of the West as a whole. Dominique de Villepin said that it is a high time for the USA and the Europe gain again the respect and admiration of other people.
Dominique de Villepin also considers that it is necessary to involve Iran and Syria in settlement of a situation in Iraq. Thus he has emphasized, that a leading role in this process should be played by the USA. At the same time the prime minister of France has recognized, that the Europe should also take up the certain obligations on the prompt returning Iraqis to normal life.