As
Sudan Declares
Martial Law in
Darfur, UN No
Comments,
Staff on
Strike
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
September 6 --
In Darfur,
Sudan has
declared
martial law
(or
"military
rule") --
what does the
UN have to say
about it?
Nothing. It's
Mission in
Darfur did put
out a press
release, but
it
was an attempt
to explain
away a strike
by its
national staff
over
the value of
their salaries
plummeting due
to current
devaluation.
Inner
City Press
asked
Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon's
spokesman
Martin
Nesirky about
the martial
law and
curfew, and
about the
national
staff's
strike, which
they've said
may spread to
staff of all
UN
agencies in
Sudan.
Nesirky
had
nothing on
martial law,
but disputed
that UNAMID
has referred
the
salary
question to UN
headquarters
in New York.
He read from
the
press release:
"'I
understand
your concerns
and I am
committed to
work hard with
the UN
Headquarters
to look into
these issues,'
said Acting
Joint Special
Representative
Aichatou
Mindaoudou...
All decisions
on the salary
and
conditions of
service in the
United Nations
are regulated
by the
Office of the
Human
Resources
Management at
UN
Headquarters
in New
York."
So,
Inner City
Press asked,
what does OHRM
say? What are
its policies?
Nesirky said
it must be
case by case.
But what about
the martial
law?
Watch this
site.
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