UNITED
NATIONS, May
15 -- There
are pending
with the UN
many
unanswered
questions
about Abyei
from Inner
City Press.
But at
Wednesday's
noon
briefing Inner
City Press
asked if the
UN's Sudanese
national staff
had been
relocated to
Kadugli, and
later in the
afternoon this
came
in:
Subject:
Your
question on
UNISFA
From: UN
Spokesperson -
Do Not Reply
[at]
un.org
Date: Wed, May
15, 2013 at
2:56 PM
To:
Matthew.Lee
[at]
innercitypress.com
Regarding
your
question today
on Abyei, the
UN Interim
Security Force
in Abyei
(UNISFA) has
provided the
following
information:
On
8 May, UNISFA
relocated 126
Sudanese
national
staff,
including
those
working in UN
agencies, to
its logistics
base at
Kadugli.
UNISFA will
review the
security
situation
before any
decision is
made about
bringing the
staff back to
the Mission
area.
That
answer is
appreciated.
Here now some
previous
answers, and
further
Press
questions
raised:
UN:
"The UN
mission in the
area will
begin an
investigation
into the
attack as soon
as the
security
situation
allows."
Press:
The security
situation is
likely to get
worse because
of he
Referendum is
set for
October, with
voter
registration
in June.
Misseriya
strategy is to
prevent the
referendum
form
transferring
Abyei to South
Sudan.
May
is the start
of the rainy
season.
Misseriya
pastoralists
move north
- and the
militias have
in the past
(2008 and
2011) entered
and
destroyed
Abyei town and
expelled Dinka
civilians.
There
are many
aspects of an
investigation
that can be
started in the
meantime.
Taking witness
statements,
identifying
perpetrators,
filing and
storing
evidence, etc.
UNISFA
has 11 police
specialists
who could help
with the
investigation
preliminaries.
Extra
personnel
could be
drafted in
through South
Sudan in the
light of the
recent travel
announcement.
Ban Ki-moon
noted drily in
the March 2013
report that
"The visa
application
for the
Ghanaian
Senior Police
Adviser has
been pending
since April
2012".
Inner
City Press has
asked if that
is still the
case; so far
no answer.
Thanks,
Ladsous and
DPKO. More
soon. Watch
this site.
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