UNITED
NATIONS, May 7
-- What are
this UN's
priorities,
when it comes
to the
death of a UN
Peacekeeper in
Abyei and at
least five
questions left
unanswered?
On
May 6, Inner
City Press
asked the
chief of UN
Peacekeeping
Herve
Ladsous, did
the UNISFA
mission under
this command
provide
notification
of its travel,
in which at
least one
peacekeeper
and paramount
chief Kuol
Deng Kuol were
killed?
Ladsous
refused
to answer.
(This is a
pattern, video
here.)
So
Inner City
Press submitted
several
questions in
writing to the
UN's
top three
spokespeople.
But they did
not answer,
even as on
Tuesday
morning
Ladsous'
spokesman
Kieran Dwyer
was giving
information to
other scribes,
not about the
death in
Abyei, but
other
peacekeepers,
in the Golan
Heights. Priorities.
So
Inner City
Press went to
Tuesday's
UN noon
briefing and
asked
spokesman
Martin Nesirky:
Inner
City Press: I
wanted to ask
you about the
death of the
peacekeeper in
Abyei. I had
sent you some
questions, but
I need to ask
them [here].
One, did
UNISFA [United
Nations
Interim
Security Force
in Abyei] give
notification
of its travel?
Two, how large
was the
protection
element? There
have been some
complaints now
by South Sudan
that it
wasn’t large
enough. And
what were the
casualties to
the UN’s
knowledge on
the Misseriya
side?
Spokesperson
Nesirky:
Well, we’ve
already
answered that
question,
Matthew…
Inner
City Press:
How?
Spokesperson:
The last part:
that we are
not aware of
the casualties
suffered
amongst the
assailants,
those who
attacked that
particular
group. I
don’t have
anything
further beyond
what we have
already given
to
you both in
this room and
subsequently
by e-mail. If
that changes,
I
will certainly
update you.
Inner
City Press: It
seems like the
permission
question…
Spokesperson:
I said if I
have anything
further, I
will certainly
update. Do you
have some
other
question,
Matthew?
Well,
yes. Here's
more: A, B and
C:
In
firefight it's
reported in
Sudan that 17
Misseriya were
killed and 12
injured.
a)
What were the
numbers and
weapons used
on each side?
b)
What happened
afterward with
the remaining
Misseriya? Did
the UNISFA
take
prisoners, or
disarm the
remainder of
the group? Did
they get
identities of
the ambushers?
c)
Did they find
out who leaked
the route of
the convoy?
Is
it even worth
sending
questions to
the UN, when
Ladsous openly
refuses to
answer
questions and
the disease
seems to be
spreading
and,
incidentally,
hurting
the UN?
Watch this
site.
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