Why Today Is the First World Humanitarian Day
August 19 is the day when 22 people, mostly UN staff, were killed by a bomb in Baghdad. Among the dead was my predecessor as High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sergio Vieira de Mello.
August 19 is the day when 22 people, mostly UN staff, were killed by a bomb in Baghdad. Among the dead was my predecessor as High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sergio Vieira de Mello.
Washington Independent | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics
Five years ago today, a massive truck bomb detonated at the U.N. compound in Baghdad, killing 23 people. Among them was Sergio Vieira de Mello, the U....
Navi Pillay | Posted 09.18.2009 | World