Nadia Younes

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Overview

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Nadia Younes born Cairo, Egypt June 13, 1946 (d. 2003). United Nations diplomat; chief of staff Iraq mission; killed in bombing UN office Bagdad; UN Chief of Protocol 1998-2002, organizing UN Millennium Summit 2000; led UN Kosovo information 1999-2001; World Health Organization External Affairs officer 2002; headed UN information office Rome 1993.

Quotations

"Get a grip, I mean, really.” (her motto per Bassir Pour, CNN, Aug. 29, 2003; photo intlawgrrls)