UN flights resume after temporary grounding CRN Tuesday, August 22, 2017 - 15:25 The United Nations Mission in South Sudan or UNMISS flights resumed on Monday after being temporarily grounded due to non-issuance of security clearances.
The Mission says it is a usual procedure that UNMISS applies in advance for clearance to fly in respect to laws of South Sudan for the safety of personnel and aircraft. Some applications for clearance came last week which resulted in the grounding of UNMISS flights on Friday and Sunday, says the Mission. The decision to deny security clearances was linked to the arrival of the first contingent of the Regional Protection Force, says the statement. It adds that the details of the continued deployment are being discussed with the South Sudanese government. The UN Security Council under Resolution 2304 in 2016 mandated the Regional Protection Force to protect the airport to ensure it remains operational. It also mandated the Force to protect key facilities in Juba essential to the well-being of the people of Juba. -- 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/CAJb14oo-ednzXD9GcxewAMt7X97%2BO34mYqvgR1nZ_ipJ0R-DkQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
