Selections from the UN News Centre

Dark Day for UN - News Focus

19 August 2004, In worldwide ceremonies, UN mourns Baghdad terror victims on first anniversary

19 August 2004, UN wrestling with security questions 1 year after Baghdad bombing - Annan

3 August 2004, Annan stresses need to take security threats seriously, protect aid workers

19 August 2003, New York- Statement by the Secretary-General on the attack on UN Headquarters in Baghdad

19, August 2003 - Iraq: Annan mourns envoy's death as ‘bitter blow’ for UN

20 August 2003 -Arlanda Airport, Stockholm, Sweden,  Secretary-General's press conference (unofficial transcript prepared by the Swedish Foreign Ministry)

25 September 2003 – Annan temporarily redeploys UN international staff from Iraq over insecurity

From the UN Chronicle

From the Secretary-General: 'The Service of the United Nations is a Calling'
Secretary-General Kofi Annan speaks of the "unique and invaluable contribution" of those who died, and of honouring them by continuing their work.

Heartbeat: 'Un homme de terrain'
UN Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information Shashi Tharoor remembers his friend Sergio Vieira de Mello.

Conversation: A First-hand Account of 19 August 2003
The former spokesman for the UN mission in Iraq, Salim Lone, spoke to the UN Chronicle about the terrorist attack and its aftermath.

From the UN Photo Library

Photos of the bombing