- Fiona Watson
Fiona Watson (
1968 -August 19 ,2003 ) was a Scottish political affairs officer working inVieira de Mello 's office who was killed along with other members ofUN staff in theCanal Hotel bombing inIraq , on the afternoon of August 19, 2003.She had a
first class honours degree fromHeriot-Watt University inEdinburgh , and anMPhil in 'International relations and Ballistic studies' from theUniversity of Cambridge , where she was part ofDarwin College .Prior to joining the UN, Fiona worked with the
European Commission and for a period with the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe. During her career with the UN Fiona had been involved in many of the world’s hot spots, including Bosnia andKosovo : Fiona worked in the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo toBernard Kouchner the UN's special representative to Kosovo. An experienced linguist, she worked in a prominent capacity with the UN for almost four years as a political analyst. At the time of her death she waspolitical affairs officer on the staff of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General to IraqSergio Vieira de Mello .Fiona’s family and friends set up [http://www.hw.ac.uk/fionawatsonfund/ The Fiona Watson Memorial Fund] to provide bursaries for final year students at her first university, Heriot-Watt, to enable them to spend a year with the UN or a similar international organisation.
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Attacks on humanitarian workers References
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3165875.stm Fiona Watson]
* [http://www.dar.cam.ac.uk/alumni Darwin college] alumni organisation
* [http://www.dar.cam.ac.uk/darwinian/issue5/issue5.pdf Darwin college] tribute
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