Secretary of the Universal Periodic Review of the Human Rights Council. Widow of Jean-Selim Kanaan, where he had been deployed by the UN Office for Project Services to work as Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq.
At the time of the attack Elpida was working for the Executive Director of the Office of the Iraq Programme, based in New York. Elpida now works for the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria, based in Geneva.
At the time of the attack, Jason (right) was in Baghdad on assignment from the UN Development Group (UNDP), featured here with Col (ret.) Rocco A. Armonda, MD. Jason is currently Senior Partnerships Adviser, seconded by UNDP to UNHCR.