UN Humanitarian chief visits Jonglei
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February 2, 2012 (BOR) – Valerie Amos, the UN undersecretary for
humanitarian affairs visited the conflict-affected areas of Jonglei
state state Thursday.
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UN Undersecretary for Humanitarian Affairs, Valerie Amos, and Governor
Kuol Manyang after the meeting in Bor, Jonglei, South Sudan (ST)
Amos was accompanied by Lise Grande, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator
for South Sudan, and Lual Acuil, South Sudan’s minister of
humanitarian affairs.
Amos held a closed-door meeting with the Jonglei state governor, Kuol
Manyang Juuk in Bor and continued to Akobo and Pibor counties; areas
most afflicted by insecurity in recent months.
Amos told journalists she is in Jonglei to look at the impacts of the
conflict to see how the UN and its partners can best assist.
Jonglei state is home to pastoralist communities that often engage in
cattle rustling and child abduction. The proliferation of automatic
weapons during more than two decades of Sudanese civil war, which
ended in 2005 with the signing of the comprehensive peace agreement
between then rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA/M)
and the Khartoum government.
The UN estimates that recent conflict in Jonglei has displaced 20,000 people.
In December 2011 Lou Nuer launched what they described as a revenge
attack on Pibor county, home to the Murle. The Pibor county
commissioner said over 3,000 people were killed in the attack - the UN
refutes the figure.
The UN’s Amos said her visit aims at rallying “support for immediate
humanitarian needs.”
Jonglei governor Kuol said the state is providing the information
needed by the UN in order to address the humanitarian crisis.
(ST)
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