Chemicals from Iraqi weapons plant found in UN building

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UNITED NATIONS, Aug 31 (AFP): Potentially hazardous chemicals mistakenly shipped from an Iraqi chemical weapons plant have been found in a UN building but experts insisted Thursday that they posed no immediate risk.
UN deputy spokeswoman Marie Okabe said that while winding down their activities, United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) inspectors discovered "gram quantities of certain liquid substances including phosgene (COCl2)," which she described as "potentially hazardous."
The metal and glass containers were first located last Friday at the UNMOVIC office near the UN headquarters.