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NADIA
YOUNES, U.N. Chief-of-Staff in
Baghdad, was killed in the bomb blast of the United Nations Iraq
headquarters on 17 August 2003. Previously
she had been Chief of U.N. Protocol in
New York
and Director
of the U.N. Media Division. She was also a
friend and early supporter of MaximsNews.com.
WHO/P.Virot
SERGIO VIEIRA de MELLO, the United
Nations' Special Representative to
Iraq, was killed in the bomb blast of the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad in
2003. He
had led successful peace-keeping and humanitarian missions in
Bangladesh,
Bosnia,
Cambodia,
Cyprus, East Timor,
Kosovo,
Lebanon,
Mozambique,
Peru, and
Rwanda
and was then the U.N. High Commissioner on Human Rights when the
Secretary-General Annan asked him to take a four-month leave to be the
Special U.N. Representative to rebuild
Iraq. Many felt that someday he himself would become the U.N.
Secretary-General.
TRIBUTE
TO U.N. OFFICIALS KILLED IN IRAQ IN 2003 by MAX STAMPER (MaximsNews.com,
U.N.) 17/8/2007
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UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com@
U.N./ - 17 August 2007 –
Around the world today U.N. staff solemnly commemorated the fourth
anniversary of the bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Iraq in 2003
where dozens were killed and scores injured in the deadliest attack on civilian
U.N. personnel in history.
The
following is the article that appeared in MaximsNews.com
by Publisher Max Stamper in August 2003:
“I
was so saddened to hear about my friend and colleague Nadia Younes.
She
was U.N. Chief-of-Staff in
Baghdad. Previously
she had been Chief of U.N. Protocol in
New York.
I
worked with Nadia on several events in
New York
and with UNIFEM and also with First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's visits to the
United Nations.
Nadia
would also write to me about the MAXIMS columns and was a friend and early
supporter of MaximsNews.com.
She
had been the Director of the U.N. Media Division. Earlier
she had other assignments including Deputy Spokeswoman in the Office of the
Spokesman for the Secretary-General and then Director of the U.N. Information
Centre in
Rome.
She
had worked with the World Conference of the Decade for Women and was Spokeswoman
for the President of the General Assembly.
Nadia
Younes had also been a Press Officer in both the English and French Sections.
She began her career in the United Nations in 1970 in the Office of General
Services. Nadia was born in
Cairo
in 1946.
Sergio
Vieira de Mello, United Nations' Special
Representative to
Iraq, died on Tuesday in the bombing.
Everyone
is so saddened by his death; he was highly respected -- a superstar and a saint
doing God's work.
He
had led successful peace-keeping and humanitarian missions in
Bangladesh,
Bosnia,
Cambodia,
Cyprus, East Timor,
Kosovo,
Lebanon,
Mozambique,
Peru, and
Rwanda
and was then the U.N. High Commissioner on Human Rights when the
Secretary-General Annan asked him to take a four-month leave to be the Special
U.N. Representative to rebuild
Iraq.
Many
felt that someday he himself would become the Secretary-General. Sergio was born
in
Rio
in 1948.
I never met 32-year-old Chris Klein-Beckman of UNICEF, but I have heard
so many good things about him that I feel that I knew him.
He
took up his post in
Iraq
in May 2002, serving as the deputy of a large UNICEF operation that helped
protect the lives of millions of Iraqi children before, during, and after the
war.
At
the time of his death he was Officer-in-Charge of UNICEF's entire operation in
Iraq. Earlier he had served with UNICEF in Kosovo and before that in
Ethiopia.
He
was a Canadian national and is survived by his wife and parents.
Announcements
were also made of the death of Ranillo Buenaventura, of the relief coordination
office; Marilyn Manuel and Jean-Selim Kanaan, employees in Mr. Vieira de Mello's
office; and Fiona Watson of
Britain, who worked on the oil-for-food program.
The
latest reports indicate that at least 20 people were killed and that at least
100 were injured. World Bank officials reported that five of its employees
were missing. Also missing was Arthur Helton of the Council on Foreign
Relations.
Happily,
my dear friend M. Salim Lone, previously the Director of the U.N. Media Division
and then Sergio Vieira de Mello's spokesperson in
Baghdad
survived the bombing.
Salim
has encouraged me in my work since my very first MAXIMS, four or five years ago.
I was very happy to find him alive and being quoted in today's Associated Press
story, and then it was wonderful to actually see him being interviewed on CNN
and on all the other television stations tonight.
I
am still waiting to hear more news.
Max
19
August 2003
Wednesday, 20 August 2003, 6:30 pm EDT.
Dear
Dr. Stamper,
The
ff were UN staff we confirmed dead yesterday:
Sergio Vieira de Mello - SRSG (Brazil)
Rick
Hooper - DPA (
USA
)
Ranillo Buenaventura - UNOCHI (Philippines)
Jean-Selim
Kanaan - OSRSG-I (
Egypt
)
Fiona
Watson - OSRSG-I (
UK
)
Chris
Klein-Beckman - UNICEF (
UK
)
Today,
the following were added:
Nadia
Younes – OSRSG
Martha
Teas – OCHA
Sincerely,
Office
of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General
United
Nations,
New York
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