It took months to encourage team spirit, cut costs and flatten the hierarchy, but now a new and more harmonious work environment is emerging, he says.

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Living there had been an ordeal, as an environment once harmonious had become replete with attacks and funerals.

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The World Conference on Human Rights also stresses that the child for the full and harmonious development of his or her personality should grow up in a family environment which accordingly merits broader protection.

UNESCO: Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action