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Article: Secretary-General's report calls for international collective responsibility to protect United Nations staff, humanitarian workers.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-2 October 2008-United Nations: Secretary-General's report calls for international collective responsibility to protect United Nations staff, humanitarian workers(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Attacks on United Nations and humanitarian field workers have increased to alarming levels, according to a report by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon released today.

Deaths of United Nations staff by malicious attack increased by 38 per cent in the period covered by the report (1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008), or to 26 deaths from 16 in the previous year. Locally recruited humanitarian and United Nations personnel ...

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