Africa: International Day Highlights Need for Urgent Action to Protect UN Staff Worldwide

25 March 2014

The United Nations family today urged immediate action to secure the release of detained staff, to resolve the cases of those missing and to protect all the courageous individuals who carry out the life-saving work entrusted to the Organization and its partners.

"The world is a far more dangerous place for United Nations and humanitarian personnel today than it was even a few short years ago," Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in his message for the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members, observed on 25 March.

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