New york, Sep. 9, SPA -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan indicates in a new report released today that the U.N. staff in Iraq is “operating at the outer limit of acceptable and prudent risk “The security situation remains volatile and generally unreceptive to significant economic and political initiatives,” said Annan in the report. He cited the recent attacks on oil facilities, which “indicate the challenges within which the interim government is trying to establish its authority When asked about the status of peacekeeping forces needed to protect the 35 U.N. staffers in the country, spokesman Fred Eckhard indicated that there was nothing new to report, as no member state has come forward to offer troops for the mission . --SP 2324 Local Time 2024 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/199890