UNITED
NATIONS, May
4, updated 11
pm -- Even as
South Sudan
officials in
Juba confirmed
the
killing of
chief Kuol
Deng Kuol in
Abyei, the UN which runs a
Peacekeeping
mission there
would not.
Inner
City Press
heard of the
murder on
Saturday
afternoon, New
York time,
and at 4:30 pm
asked
Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon's
three top
spokespeople
to confirm:
that
chief Kwol
Deng has been
killed; that
UNISFA has
"closed"
Abyei town;
and any
impacts on
UNISFA
peacekeepers.
Also,
in South
Sudan, is
there any UN
reaction to
the detention
of the
acting editor
of the Juba
Monitor,
Michael Koma?
And
if the UN has
any update on
what DPA /
Said Djinnit
et al are
doing
regarding the
deaths in
protests in
Guinea.
But
in more than
three hours
after, no
confirmation,
no response,
nothing. This
comes just two
days after
Department of
Peacekeeping
Operations
spokesperson
Kieran Dwyer,
while trying
to justify
Herve
Ladsous'
refusal to
answer any
Inner City
Press
question,
claimed
that he
answers
questions.
Video
here.
Well,
this is
directly in
the mandate of
a DPKO mission
-- and the
mission
has nothing to
say. Something
is wrong with
DPKO, and now
with the
UN. Watch this
site.
Update:
six hours
after Inner
City Press
inquired, the
UN sent out
this:
The
Secretary-General
strongly
condemns the
killing of the
Ngok Dinka
Paramount
Chief DengKuol
Deng and a
UNISFA
peacekeeper in
an attack by a
Misseriya
assailant on a
UNISFA convoy
in the Abyei
Area, today.
Two
peacekeepers
were also
seriously
wounded in the
incident.
The
Secretary-General
expresses his
deepest
condolences to
the Ngok Dinka
community, the
Government of
Ethiopia and
the families
of the
deceased and
injured.
The
Secretary-General
urges the
Governments of
Sudan and
South Sudan
and the Ngok
Dinka and
Misseriya
communities to
remain calm
and avoid any
escalation of
this
unfortunate
event.
This proves
again how
crucially
important it
is for the two
Governments to
establish the
temporary
institutions
as stipulated
in the 20 June
2011 Agreement
and continue
discussions on
the final
status of the
Abyei Area.
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