UN marks 20th anniversary of bombing of its headquarters in Baghdad

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UN marks 20th anniversary of bombing of its headquarters in Baghdad

STORY: UN marks 20th anniversary of bombing of its headquarters in Baghdad DATELINE: Aug. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:03 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of anniversary 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General STORYLINE: The United Nations on Friday commemorated the 20th anniversary of the suicide bombing of its headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, which killed 22 UN personnel. At a brief ceremony at the UN headquarters in New York, Atul Khare, the UN undersecretary-general for the Department of Operational Support, laid a wreath in front of a plaque for the 2003 bombing. The bombing took place on Aug. 19, 2003, in the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, which was used by the United Nations as its headquarters in Iraq. The bombing killed 22 people, including the UN Special Representative in Iraq Sergio Vieira de Mello, and wounded more than 100 others. The UN General Assembly in 2008 designated the date of the Baghdad bombing as World Humanitarian Day. In a video message

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