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Wreath-laying ceremony to honour colleagues who lost their lives at the Canal Hotel, Baghdad

The 21st anniversary of the bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad (Iraq) is observed on Monday, 19 August 2024 with a brief ceremony organized by the UN Staff Union.
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The 21st anniversary of the bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad (Iraq) is observed on Monday, 19 August 2024 with a brief ceremony organized by the UN Staff Union.

A militant Jordanian Salafist group was responsible for the bombing, on 19 August 2003, which killed 23 UN Staff, including Sérgio Vieira de Mello, the Secretary General's Special Representative to Iraq.

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