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Ranilo Buenaventura

From the news reports:

Ranilo Buenaventura (Philippines), 47, was serving with the United Nations Office of the Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq (UNOHCI). He began his career in 1989 with the United Nations Disaster Relief Organization, and subsequently joined the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), which seconded him to the United Nations oil-for-food programme, the sole source of rations for 60 per cent of Iraq's 27 million people.

UN 19 Aug 2004

In accepting the Sakharov Prize, Kofi Annan described those who died in the 19 August attack as "free spirits and free thinkers" and praised their courage in making the ultimate sacrifice in the cause of peace.

IND 16 Feb 2004

Age 47
Sex Male
Occupation UN worker
Nationality Filipino
Marital status Unrecorded
Parental status Unrecorded

Recorded in IBC incident k1099

Location: Canal Hotel, UN HQ in Baghdad

Date: 19 August 2003