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The Canal Hotel Bombing in Iraq remains carved in the collective memory of the United Nations family
It has been 19 years since the terrorist attack on the UN compound at the Canal Hotel in Baghdad: “the darkest day in our lives at the United Nations”, in the words of the Secretary-General at the time, Kofi Annan.
19 Aug 2022
