UN urges release of Somali aid worker

Originally published April 24, 1999

UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Sergio Vieira de Mello urged the "immediate and unconditional" release of a relief worker with Terra Nuova, who was kidnapped a week ago in Somalia. In a statement, de Mello said the worker was in the Lower Juba Region of southern Somalia on a humanitarian mission when abducted.

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