Hiro Ueki told AFP the first plane-load of inspectors was to depart at 0600 GMT to Larnaca, Cyprus, the rear-base of the disarmament body UNMOVIC which resumed work in Iraq in November after a four-year break.
Secretary General Kofi Annan on Monday ordered the evacuation of the UN arms inspectors and humanitarian staff from Iraq and suspended the oil-for-food programme allowing Baghdad to export oil in return for essential supplies - Sapa-AFP
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