On Friday, 11 December 2009, from 9.45 to 10 a.m., an event to remember the second anniversary of the bombing of the United Nations premises in Algiers was held at UN Headquarters in New York, in the General Assembly Building Public Lobby.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon attended the event, which was organized by the Staff Council Standing Committee on the Security and Independence of the International Civil Service, the UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS Staff Council, the United Nations Staff Union and the United Nations International Civil Servants Federation (UNISERV).



Text of remarks by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at 11 December 2009 event
remembering the second anniversary of the bombing of the UN premises in Algiers