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International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members - March 25
March 29 , 2023
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- This day commemorates the abduction of a journalist named Alec Collett, who died while on a UN assignment.
- The day is observed on March 25 to mark the anniversary of the abduction of Alec Collett.
- He was a former journalist who worked for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
- In 1985, he was abducted by armed gunmen.
- In 2009, his body was found in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley.
- The resolution to protect the UN’s employees was first adopted in 1993 by the Security Council.
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