A- UNITED NATIONS NATION SKUN E S POSTAL ADDRESS - AORESSE POSTAL!: UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. 10017 CABLE ADMESS • AORESSE TELEGRAPHIQUE: UNATION5 NEWYORK EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL CABINET DU SECRETAIRE GENERAL FACSIMILE DATE: 25 August 1998 TO: FROM: Mr. Staffan de Mistura Edward Mortimer ^/u Director Principal Officer ^J T UNIC Rome New York FAX: 011-39-6-679-3337 FAX: (212) 963-2155 TEL: TEL: (212) 963-9220 E-MAIL: [email protected] SUBJECT: MESSAGE FOR FUNERAL OF LT. COLONEL CALO TOTAL NUMBER OF TRANSMITTED PAGES INCLUDING THIS PAGE: 4 Further to your fax of 24 August to Mr. Riza, attached is a message from the Secretary-General to be read at the funeral tomorrow. Best regards. f ft THE SECRETARY-GENERAL MESSAGE TO THE FUNERAL OF LT. COLONEL CARMINE CALO Delivered on his behalf by Mr. Staffan de Mistura, Director, United Nations Information Centre, Rome Ponte Cagnano Military Base. Italy. 26 August 1998 The men and women who go into the field on behalf of the United Nations, whether they wear the blue helmets of UN peacekeepers, work for one of our humanitarian agencies or undertake missions for other UN bodies, are a breed apart. They take to heart the stirring summons to global solidarity enshrined in the UN Charter; they take it upon themselves to leave their homes and their families so as to contribute to our global mission of peace and development; they take their jobs and their missions seriously, working selflessly, often in perilous situations, for the greater, common good. Such a person was Lt. Colonel Carmine Calo, whose death last Saturday we mourn today. Lt. Calo, a military advisor to the United Nations Special Mission to Afghanistan, was held in high regard for his professional conduct and objective reporting in the mission area. His loss has been felt widely: by his UN colleagues and international humanitarian community, and by all people in Afghanistan and around the globe who hope that an era of protracted and devastating conflict can finally be brought to an end. That is the goal that brought Lt. Calo to Afghanistan; it is the goal for which he made the ultimate sacrifice; and it is the goal to which we, the United Nations, will remain committed so that his efforts shall not have been in vain. -2- At this time of sorrow, and on behalf of the United Nations and the international community, I wish to extend my most sincere condolences to the family and friends of Lt. Calo and to all others touched by this tragic loss. I also pledge to do all in my power to ensure that his killers — and all others who target UN personnel for violence and murder — are brought to justice. -3-.