This week, United Nations Human Rights bids farewell to Deputy High Commissioner Nada Al-Nashif. Al-Nashif began her UN career at United Nations Development Programme, where she worked from 1991 to 2006.[She was Assistant Director-General/Regional Director of the International Labour Organization’s Regional Office for Arab States from 2007 to 2014.
She was seriously injured in the 2003 Canal Hotel bombing in Baghdad, which killed at least 22 people, including the United Nations‘ Special Representative in Iraq Sérgio Vieira de Mello.
Nada Al-Nashif performed her job with great gusto and I was personally deeply impressed by her commitment to make the OCHCR work better with less means. She will be missed in Geneva.
UN High Commissioner for Human Right Volker Turk posted:
Dear Nada, my heartfelt thanks for your dedication, leadership, and generosity over the past six years. You helped ensure that we could continue to offer support and protection to people in need at a very challenging time. You will be greatly missed, and I wish you success and happiness in the next chapter.
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