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Timor: memorial services for murdered UNHCR workers

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Timor: memorial services for murdered UNHCR workers

12 September 2000

A memorial service for UNHCR workers Samson Aregahegn, Carlos Caceres and Pero Simundza, murdered in West Timor last Wednesday, will be held on 12 September at 17:00 hrs at the Palais des Nations, Room XIX, 3rd floor, Building E, Porte de Prégny. High Commissioner Sadako Ogata will briefly address UNHCR staff. A memorial service for the three, attended by the East Timorese independence leader Xanana Gusmão will also be held in East Timor's capital Dili on Wednesday.