SET UP MORE CAMPS IN SOUTH SUDAN, MSF TELLS UN Hellen Achayo | April 17, 2017 | 4:15 pmWomen prepare meals inside UN base in Malakal in 2014 - Photo: Nichola Mandil.
The UN needs to create more protection of civilians’ sites in areas that have been affected by conflict, the General Director of the Medical Charity MSF has said.Arjan Hehenkamp said the UN is limiting its mandate of protection of civilians by only focusing on particular areas. He said increasing the number of the UN sites will keep civilians safe from harm and violence.Mr. Hehenkamp spoke to media in Juba before his departure to MSF headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands.“My hope and aspiration would be that the UN would be able from its mandate to provide much protection to the population as possible. Also to keep them safe from harm and violence and at the moment, I think the UN maybe as a result of not having all the capacities that is required in some of the areas, is focusing and limiting its protection to some of these sites; the POC sites, in a way that is very good but it also that the protection for civilians outside of these sites is insufficient,” Mr Hehekamp told reporters in Juba over the weekend.“If were to have one hope and aspiration, it would be to be able to create more safety and security for civilian population outside of the POC site for some of these very conflicted areas,” he said. According to UNMISS, currently there are over 200,000 people seeking protection at the UN camps in the country.The sites are located in Juba, Bentiu, Wau, Bor, Melut and Malakal. -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- 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]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14op6L85TfWAbxYQv0-nyqSZmY_cvBYEtDWp-Ai0JY%3DvWxw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
