U.N. to Flee Run Away Evacuate Staff From Egypt
Some 350 people working for the United Nations in Egypt will be evacuated to Cyprus because of security concerns in the country, a spokesman for the U.N. peacekeeping mission on the Mediterranean island said Thursday.
Rolando Gomez said two U.N. chartered aircraft will each conduct two round-trip first-class flights from Cyprus's Larnaca airport to Cairo on Thursday to collect staff and their family.
"The staff will be temporarily relocated due to the security situation in Egypt," Gomez told the Associated Press.
Gomez said arrangements have been made to accommodate up to 600 staff and dependants at five-star Cyprus hotels. |