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Sat 03 Mar 2003Finnish soldier, diplomat and peacekeeper
Enzio Siilasvuo: Enzio Siilasvuo of Finland, a soldier at the age of 19, was wounded twice in the second World War. He eventually became the senior UN general in the Middle East, as chief co-ordinator of the various UN forces there.
Soldier and diplomat, he was a great servant of the United Nations Organisation, an impressive man who never tried to impress, calm, wise and decisive, economic with words and unflurried by personalities and events.
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