UN To Launch Probe Into Killing Of Peace Keepers In Jonglei The United Nations office in New York is set to launch independent investigations into the killing of five of its peace keepers and other officials in an incident that occurred last week in Jonglei State, an official said.
18 April 2013 Hilde F. Johnson, the SRSG said the investigations on the matter will be on perspective of its own safety and security but not from the perspective of criminal investigations. [Waakhe Simon Wudu] By Waakhe Simon Wudu JUBA, 18 April 2013 [Gurtong]- Last week alleged rebels belonging to David Yau Yau attacked a United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) convoy in the restless Jonglei State killing five UN peace keepers and seven other officials beside civilians. “There is also going to be an investigation from the UN, an independent investigation conducted by body of inquiry. They will come from UN and they will look into our mission internal procedures and what can be done to prevent anything like this [the incident that took place] from ever happening again in Jonglei or in South Sudan,” Ms. Hilde F. Johnson, the Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) told Gurtong yesterday. Hilde also stated that, the UNMISS will have a special investigations on the matter but on perspective of its own safety and security but not from the perspective of criminal investigations. She said it is the responsibility of the government of South Sudan to conduct criminal investigations into the attack. The last week’s incident which depicted the scale of insecurity situation in Jonglei and South Sudan is being widely condemned by both the South Sudanese government and the international community. Early this month the UNMISS has warned the insecurity situation in Jonglei may likely become a national threat if not brought to an end. Posted in: Home, Foreign Relations, Governance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
