UN workers plan to protest for failure to implement government directives The Citizen News Juba, 10/8/2012 – A federation of National Staff working with United Nations, agencies in South Sudan has given only a 48-hours ultimatum to the New York based administration to change their payrolls from South Sudan Pounds to US dollars before they lay down tools on Monday next week. In a letter sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday, national staff asks for suspension of payrolls processing until they hear from New York. It also demands all heads of agencies/mission to terminate contracts of non-South Sudanese employees and avail their positions to nationals. “The federation also request the national and states government office to assess and evaluate the work of UN agencies/mission in line with government protocols and international charters,” say the letter. The appeal draws from the fact that prices of food and non- food items are generally skyrocketing in the country. “The economical distribution experienced by the National Staff in Juba and elsewhere in South Sudan has prompted concerns about the impact of the depreciating value of the South Sudanese pounds,” the letter says. The federation said several attempts made to change payment from pounds to dollars have already proven fruitless. “A circular was sent out by the Ministry of Labour on May 26.2012, and also two letters from Ministry of Finance and this has not been implemented and the staff representatives are facing a lot of pressure from the their staff members in all the agencies in South Sudan the letter adds. They accuse the senior management of UN agencies/ UNMISS of not adhering to government directives, saying that they maintain silence to any circular from the government. The letter also disclosed that 90 former South Sudanese working under UNAMID in Darfur were not taken care of after they were forced out of Sudan “They are jobless now while UNMISS/UN agencies are still keeping staffs from Sudan and East African countries working on national position posts” without work permit the letter. The demonstration on Monday will be peaceful. Including a march to hand a letter of protest to Ms. Hilde Johnson, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General No property/ personnel of UN agencies or UNMISS will be tempered with during the time of peaceful procession
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