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Sat 02 Feb 2010Dedicated UN worker passionate about Haiti
Andrew Grene:ANDREW GRENE, who has died aged 44, was a political affairs officer with the United Nations in Haiti. While working as special assistant to the head of the UN stabilisation mission in Haiti, Hédi Annabi, he was killed with 84 colleagues when the UN building in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, collapsed during last month’s earthquake.
“The UN has lost one of its most dedicated, able and kind officers,” said his colleague Mike MacKinnon. “It is a poorer institution today as a result. Like so many others, I have lost a dear friend and mentor. He will be profoundly missed.”
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