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Jean-Sélim Kanaan ( July 28, 1970 - August 19, 2003) was a United Nations
United Nations

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 (UN) diplomat, Egypt
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ian, Italian
Italy

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 and French
France

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 national, who was killed in the Canal Hotel bombing
Canal Hotel Bombing

The Canal Hotel Bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, in the afternoon of August 19, 2003, killed at least 22 people, including S?rgio Vieira de Mello, and wounded over 100....
 in Baghdad
Baghdad

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, Iraq
Iraq

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, along with Sérgio Vieira de Mello
Sérgio Vieira de Mello

S?rgio Vieira de Mello was a Brazilian United Nations diplomat who worked for the UN for more than 34 years, earning respect and praise around the world for his efforts in the humanitarian and political programs of the UN....
 and other members of his staff. Born in Rome
Rome

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, Italy
Italy

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, he was the son of an Egyptian UN diplomat, and he spoke seven languages.
-Sélim Kanaan devoted his life to humanitarian relief operations from the age of 23 until his death.






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Jean-Sélim Kanaan ( July 28, 1970 - August 19, 2003) was a United Nations
United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, Social change, human rights and achieving world peace....
 (UN) diplomat, Egypt
Egypt

Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
ian, Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 and French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 national, who was killed in the Canal Hotel bombing
Canal Hotel Bombing

The Canal Hotel Bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, in the afternoon of August 19, 2003, killed at least 22 people, including S?rgio Vieira de Mello, and wounded over 100....
 in Baghdad
Baghdad

Baghdad is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous. With a municipal population estimated at 6.5 million, it is the largest city in Iraq, and the second largest city in the Arab World....
, Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, along with Sérgio Vieira de Mello
Sérgio Vieira de Mello

S?rgio Vieira de Mello was a Brazilian United Nations diplomat who worked for the UN for more than 34 years, earning respect and praise around the world for his efforts in the humanitarian and political programs of the UN....
 and other members of his staff. Born in Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, he was the son of an Egyptian UN diplomat, and he spoke seven languages.

Biography

Jean-Sélim Kanaan devoted his life to humanitarian relief operations from the age of 23 until his death. In 1996 he graduated from the Kennedy School of Government with a Master of Public Policy
Master of Public Policy

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. Before that, he served in Mogadishu
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, Somalia
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, in 1992, and the following year, as a relief coordinator for Médecins du Monde
Médecins du Monde

M?decins du Monde , also known as Doctors of the World, is a non-governmental organisation humanitarian aid created in march 1980 by 15 French doctors, including Bernard Kouchner after he had left M?decins sans fronti?res , the aid society which he had founded earlier in 1971....
 in central Bosnia
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country on the Balkans peninsula of South Eastern Europe with an area of 51,129 square kilometres . Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the south, Bosnia and Herzegovina is Landlocked#Nearly landlocked, except for 26 kilometres of the Adriatic Sea coas...
. In his first assignment with the UN from 1996 to 1998, he was employed by the UNOPS and served with the UN’s director of peacekeeping operations in Bosnia as the Assistant Programme Coordinator, and, from 1999 to 2000, in the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo as an assistant to Bernard Kouchner
Bernard Kouchner

Bernard Kouchner is a French politician, diplomacy, and physician. He is co-founder of M?decins Sans Fronti?res -also known as Doctors Without Borders- and M?decins du Monde....
, the UN's special representative to Kosovo
Kosovo

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. Following Kosovo, and until his mission in Iraq (2003), Kanaan worked with UNOSAT at the UN Headquarters in New York
New York

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 where he was managing policy questions promoting the use of GIS and other novel technologies for peacekeeping operations
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. In 2002 he published his book Ma guerre à L’indifference, (English: My war against indifference), with a preface by Christine Ockrent
Christine Ockrent

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. As an active individual he climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro and was an aviator
Aviator

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.

Jean-Sélim Kanaan left behind his wife, Laura Dolci-Kanaan, and his three week old baby, Mattia-Sélim Kanaan. He was buried in a Roman Catholic cemetery in Cairo
Cairo

Cairo , which means "the triumphant", is the Cairo and largest city of Egypt.It is the most populous metropolitan area in Egypt and is also one of the most populous in the world....
, Egypt: "Jean Sélim, martire della pace e dell'umanesimo".

Kanaan was awarded the French Legion of Honour posthumously
Posthumous recognition

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 for his work in 'helping the world's weak and oppressed'.

See also

  • Attacks on humanitarian workers
    Attacks on humanitarian workers

    Humanitarian aid workers belonging to UN organisations, Private voluntary organizations / Non-governmental organizations or the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement have traditionally enjoyed both international legal protection, and de facto immunity from attack by belligerent parties....


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