HONOURING FALLEN COLLEAGUES, TOP UN OFFICIALS PLEDGE CONTINUED SUPPORT TO AFGHANISTAN

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Date: 20 Jan 2014 17:00:00 -0500
Subject: HONOURING FALLEN COLLEAGUES, TOP UN OFFICIALS PLEDGE
CONTINUED SUPPORT TO AFGHANISTAN
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HONOURING FALLEN COLLEAGUES, TOP UN OFFICIALS PLEDGE CONTINUED SUPPORT
TO AFGHANISTANNew York, Jan 20 2014 5:00PMUnited Nations today flew
its flags at half-mast in honour of four staff members killed in
Friday's terrorist attack in Kabul, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
and other senior officials
<"http://unama.unmissions.org/Default.aspx?tabid=12254&ctl=Details&mid=15756&ItemID=37630&language=en-US">pledging
to continue working in active support of Afghans.

"As the United Nations mourns this terrorist attack and its victims,
we remain committed to work for the peace, stability and development
of Afghanistan," Mr. Ban said in a message delivered by his special
representative Jan Kubiš. "We fully support the transition of
Afghanistan toward a better future in peace, development and
security."

Vadim Nazarov of Russia, Basra Hassan of the United States, Nasreen
Khan of Pakistan and Wabel Abdallah of Lebanon were among the more
than 20 people killed in an attack on a popular Lebanese restaurant,
La Taverna du Liban.

The entrance to the restaurant has since been covered in daffodils and
roses, according to media reports, and placards reading "We Stand
Against Terrorism" and "Peace is What We Want" by local residents.

The Taliban have taken responsibility for the attack, which has been
condemned by Mr. Ban and a host of UN officials, as well as the
15-member UN Security Council.

The UN has also reiterated that the deliberate targeting of civilians
is a gross violation of international humanitarian law, and urged a
stop to the violence throughout the country.

On Sunday, hundreds of national Afghan and international
representatives took part in the memorial service at the main UN
compound in Kabul.

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"Vadim, Nasreen, Basra and Wabel represented the highest ideals of our
Organization," said Mr. Kubiš, the head of the UN Assistance Mission
in Afghanistan (UNAMA).

"Today, the United Nations family stands with you in grief and
solidarity. Our thoughts and full support are with you, and with the
families," he added.

Mr. Nazarov, who had worked with UNAMA since 2005, was "much-valued by
the UN because of the depth of his knowledge and understanding of
Afghanistan," said the Secretary-General's Deputy Special
Representative on the political side, Nicholas Haysom.

"In my country, when a colleague, a comrade, passes on, we bid him
farewell, a gentle journey, by assuring him or her that we will pick
up his spear – by which we mean, in this setting, that we will
continue to work for the vision and for the ideals for which he had
worked and, in this case, died for," Mr. Haysom said. "It is with this
assurance that I and my colleagues bid Vadim Nazarov, good friend,
farewell."

In a <"http://www.unicef.org/media/media_71787.html">statement on
Saturday, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said the two staff it lost
in the attack – Ms. Hassan, a nutrition specialist, and Dr. Khan, a
specialist in reproductive health – were an integral part of the UN
agency's team in Afghanistan and the larger community of international
staff "who are dedicated to improving the lives of others and building
a better, safer world for all."

"The loss of our colleagues is therefore not only a personal one; it
is a loss to that indispensable cause," the UN agency noted. "The
depth of our shock and sorrow at receiving this news — and the
magnitude of our outrage over this senseless violence — is difficult
to measure."

In a separate <"http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2014/pr1414.htm">statement
issued in the aftermath of the attack, International Monetary Fund's
(IMF) Managing Director, Christine Lagarde, said, "This is tragic
news, and we at the Fund are all devastated. Our hearts go out to
Wabel's family and friends, as well as the other victims of this
attack."

Speaking at the memorial service, Mark Bowden, the other UNAMA deputy
special representatives, this one on the humanitarian side, called Mr.
Abdullah "one of Afghanistan's unsung heroes" who "helped untangle the
Kabul Bank mess and made the constructive suggestions that were needed
to restore confidence in the monetary economy."Jan 20 2014 5:00PM
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