Saturday, September 02, 2006

In Memoriam Fiona Watson

"Fiona Watson (Birth: 1968, Scotland - Death: Aug. 19. 2003 Baghdad, Iraq) was a Political Affairs Officer on the Staff of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General to Iraq, Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello. She was one of the 21 peacekeepers killed in the terrorist attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad, in August 2003.
She had a first class honours degree from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and a MPhil in 'International Relations and Ballistic Studies' from the University of Cambridge, where she was part of Darwin College.
Fiona Watson worked with the European Commission and for a period with the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) . During her career with the UN, Fiona had been involved in many of the world's hot spots, including Bosnia and Kosovo: Fiona worked in the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo to Bernard Kouchner the UN's special representative to Kosovo. A very gifted and experienced linguist, she worked in a prominent capacity with the UN for almost four years as a Political Analyst. "
Fonte: ONU