Violence against United Nations: at least 35 persons lost their lives in 2009

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United Nations, New York, 5 January 2010 - At least 28 civilian UN staff members and seven peacekeepers lost their lives due to acts of violence against United Nations personnel during 2009, the United Nations Staff Union said today. 

Nine civilian staff members were killed in four separate incidents in Pakistan.  Seven were killed in two separate attacks in Afghanistan.  Five were killed in the Gaza Strip.  Two were killed in Somalia.  More than two-thirds of the victims were national staff members. 

At least 34 United Nations personnel lost their lives in 2008 and at least 42 did in 2007.

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