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"Colleagues, after what has been a particularly violent summer, including ongoing attacks on military personnel in Iraq, horrendous attacks on innocent civilians in Mumbai, in Jerusalem, and again at the weekend in Najaf, it is my sad duty to recall in particular the bombing of the United Nations' headquarters in Baghdad. On 19 August 2003 the UN Special Representative to Iraq, Mr Sergio de Mello, died together with UN personnel, Iraqi civilians and workers from other humanitarian aid and bilateral organisations attending a coordination meeting in the UN building at that time, on that day.
Immediately, on your behalf, I sent a letter to the United Nations Secretary-General, expressing our most profound sympathy and solidarity with the families, friends and colleagues of the victims.
This time the United Nations has suffered a grievous blow. We are aware that with the tragic death of Mr de Mello, the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr Kofi Annan, lost not only a uniquely competent representative and advisor, but also a close and valued friend. Mr Annan should know that he has the full and determined support of the European Parliament in these sombre and testing times.
The tragedy of the lost lives has touched us in Parliament too in personal and direct ways. Among the dead were a former parliamentary assistant to a Member of this House and the brother of a member of our staff.
The most fitting tribute to the steadfast courage of Mr Sergio de Mello and the others who lost their lives in Baghdad would be for the United Nations to achieve its aims of rapidly re-establishing in Iraq respect for international law and law and order, and decent living conditions for the Iraqi population.
I ask you to honour their memory with a minute's silence."@en1
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