UNMISS Head Visits Bor To Convey Condolences To Staff Families

The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General to
South Sudan, Hilde F. Johnson has visited Bor to convey condolences to
the families of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)
international and national staff who lost their lives during an ambush
attack in Pibor.

17 April 2013

By Jacob Achiek Jok

BOR, 16 April 2013 [Gurtong] – “I came here to convey the condolences
from our outside to Indian contingency but also to our international
and national staff and in particular South Sudanese staff who have
lost two of their dear ones,” Hilde F. Johnson said.

Speaking to the press while at Bor airport on Tuesday before she paid
her condolence to Indian Contingency, Johnson said that her
opportunity to address all their staff and to insure them on the
security and safety of their work in the state.

She said that they will meet the council of ministers and county
commissioners after their meeting with UNMISS staff.

“I have just one more thing because we are going to be with the
council of ministers, governor and his team to discuss the situation
of Jonglei in more details and what the UNMISS is going to do to
trying to improve and strengthen protection of civilians by deployment
of it forces in Jonglei state,” said RSG Johnson.

The Governor of Jonglei state who received UN special representative
of the Secretary General to South Sudan said that they feel happy and
comfortable as the UN is paying much attention to the challenges
facing Jonglei state in field of insecurity.

Kuol said that went the UN representative visited them they encourage
them and exchange their information and ideas and see how they could
move forwards.

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