In Pakistan is opnieuw een medewerker van de Verenigde Naties vermoord. Het gaat om een personeelslid van de VN-vluchtelingenorganisatie UNHCR. De volkenorganisatie heeft woedend gereageerd op de moord.
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UN REFUGEE CHIEF OUTRAGED AT KILLING OF STAFFER IN PAKISTAN
The head of the United Nations refugee agency voiced his outrage at the shooting death of a staff member at a camp outside the north-west Pakistani town of Peshawar today.
The murder of Zill-e Usman, a 59-year-old Pakistani national who had served with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) since 1984, is the third killing of the agency’s staff in the country in the past six months.
“There is no justification for attacks on humanitarian workers dedicated to the protection and care of the most vulnerable people,” said High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres.
Mr. Usman was shot by unidentified gunmen in the Kutcha Gari camp on the border of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas in North West Frontier Province (NWFP). Four to five gunmen reportedly opened fire as he was walking back from the camp administrative office to his car during a routine visit to the site.
Another staff member was injured in the incident but is in stable condition in a nearby hospital, according to UNHCR. A guard working with a government-funded agency known as the Commissionerate for Afghan Refugees was also killed.
Mr. Usman, who leaves behind a wife and four children, was working on the repatriation of people displaced by a conflict in Pakistan’s tribal areas that broke out in August 2008.
UNHCR is providing assistance to some 2 million people displaced in NWFP by more recent fighting between Government forces and militants in regions surrounding the Swat Valley.
Earlier this year, Syed Hashim, a UNHCR driver, was killed in the 2 February kidnapping of John Solecki, head of the agency’s Quetta office, who was later released. Then on 9 June, staff member Aleksandar Vorkapic died in the bombing of the Pearl Continental hotel in Peshawar.
Mr. Guterres called on all armed groups to cease attacks on humanitarian workers whose mission is to provide protection and assistance to the needy.
“It is unacceptable that humanitarian workers doing such vital and selfless work are attacked in this way,” said Mr. Guterres. “We urge all armed groups to show respect for their countrymen and for innocent civilians as well as for the humanitarian workers who are providing life-saving assistance.”
(VN: July 16, 2009)
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donderdag 16 juli 2009
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UN expresses concern over killings of top Pakistani provincial leaders of Quam Dost Committee
The United Nations voiced its serious concern over the killings of three leaders from Balochistan province, the largest in Pakistan, calling for immediate investigations into their murders.
The three men were members of the Balochistan Quam Dost Committee, recently created by the Pakistani Government to investigate missing persons cases in the province in the South Asian nation’s east.
The UN, which expressed its sympathies to the families of the deceased, called on authorities to ensure that the committee continues its important work.
Last weekend, a staff member of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was released after spending two months in captivity.
John Solecki, the head of the agency’s office in Quetta, Balochistan’s provincial capital, was abducted in an attack on 2 February that also left another colleague, Syed Hashim, dead.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed his gratitude to the Pakistani Government, Balochi authorities and others who helped secure Mr. Solecki’s release, re-affirming the UN’s commitment to helping the people of Pakistan. (UN: 9 April 2009).
Victims
According to media reports, the activistst killed are Ghulam Mohammed Baloch, central president of the Balochistan National Movement; Lala Munir Baloch, a central leader of the Balochistan National Movement, and Sher Mohammed Baloch, deputy general secretary of the Balochistan Republican Party.
Baluchistan
Balochistan, or Baluchistan is the largest province in the country by geographical area. It constitutes most of the region of Balochistan and is named after the Baloch people.
Its neighbouring regions are Iranian Balochistan to the west, Afghanistan and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas to the north and Punjab and Sindh to the east.
The capital and largest city is Quetta. Balochistan is believed to be rich in mineral resources. It is the second major supplier, after Sindh, of natural gas to the country.
Balochistan was not a part of Pakistan when the British departed from India in August 1947. The area was annexed by force in March 1948. Since then, Pakistan’s army launched four military operations that has left thousands of Baloch killed.
The three men were members of the Balochistan Quam Dost Committee, recently created by the Pakistani Government to investigate missing persons cases in the province in the South Asian nation’s east.
The UN, which expressed its sympathies to the families of the deceased, called on authorities to ensure that the committee continues its important work.
Last weekend, a staff member of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was released after spending two months in captivity.
John Solecki, the head of the agency’s office in Quetta, Balochistan’s provincial capital, was abducted in an attack on 2 February that also left another colleague, Syed Hashim, dead.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed his gratitude to the Pakistani Government, Balochi authorities and others who helped secure Mr. Solecki’s release, re-affirming the UN’s commitment to helping the people of Pakistan. (UN: 9 April 2009).
Victims
According to media reports, the activistst killed are Ghulam Mohammed Baloch, central president of the Balochistan National Movement; Lala Munir Baloch, a central leader of the Balochistan National Movement, and Sher Mohammed Baloch, deputy general secretary of the Balochistan Republican Party.
Baluchistan
Balochistan, or Baluchistan is the largest province in the country by geographical area. It constitutes most of the region of Balochistan and is named after the Baloch people.
Its neighbouring regions are Iranian Balochistan to the west, Afghanistan and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas to the north and Punjab and Sindh to the east.
The capital and largest city is Quetta. Balochistan is believed to be rich in mineral resources. It is the second major supplier, after Sindh, of natural gas to the country.
Balochistan was not a part of Pakistan when the British departed from India in August 1947. The area was annexed by force in March 1948. Since then, Pakistan’s army launched four military operations that has left thousands of Baloch killed.
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