UN Envoy, Governor Discuss Taxing Humanitarian Vehicles
The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General for the United Nation Toby Lanzer has visited Upper Nile State to among other things discuss the issue of taxing humanitarian agencies’ vehicles. 22 March 2013 By Jok Peter Mayom Malakal, 22 March 2013 [Gurtong]- “I was very privilege for my coming to Upper Nile, the Governor and his cabinets warmly welcomed me and we had an extensive discussion this morning about the latest development in Upper Nile State,” said Lanzer. “It is a pleasure that in terms of security there are some things to celebrate. The population is feeling safer (secured). People have told me that over the past month, the state is becoming more stable and things are almost getting better,” he added. He was thankful to the governor and his ministers for the good work and expressed happiness about the prospects of oil soon starting to flow again. “We also talked on some of the development opportunities here. It is very exciting that oil production is going to start and this will enrich the entire South Sudan in terms of revenue,” he said. “We have talked on the site of challenges such as education and health I would encourage the idea of the governor that some structures and schools should be built at the county level. “We also touched on taxation on humanitarian vehicles. The private sector can be taxed but not public funds that come from donor countries and the finance projects of NGOs and UN agencies or indeed UNMISS,” he explained. He pledged the commitment of the Mission in areas of security, development, humanitarian funds, and influx of returnees from Blue Nile region and Southern Kordufan that have come to seek help from Maban County of Upper Nile State. “I am happy for this delegation that came to Upper Nile to discuss several issues concerning security and mainly discussed issue of taxing United Nation vehicles by some elements in the state,” said the State Governor Kun Puoch. “We are putting an end to this because the United Nations (UN) vehicles and properties are not supposed to be taxed since they are delivering for us services for our development,” he added. According to the Governor, he assured Toby of the state’s commitment to work with the UN and the UN agencies and other NGOs helping the people of South Sudan to move forward and develop. “I am very happy for the today discussion especially on the issue of oil, security and development and I think they will all be done successfully and to benefit our country,” Kun said. Posted in: Humanitarian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
