|
|
CHAD:
UN DEPLORES MURDER OF AID
WORKER, 02/05/2008
(MaximsNews Network)
|
UNITED
NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network / 02
May 2008 -- The
UN refugee agency today voiced its sadness at the killing of a senior aid
worker in eastern Chad and warned that humanitarian staff operating in the
region must endure an increasingly insecure environment in which to carry out
their work.
Pascal
Marlinge, the Country Director for the non-governmental organization (NGO)
Save The Children, was shot yesterday by bandits while travelling in a
three-vehicle convoy on the road between the towns of Farchana and Adre.
UN
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
spokesperson Jennifer Pagonis told reporters today in Geneva that “this
shocking incident underscores the highly insecure environment that
humanitarian workers face in delivering protection and assistance” in
eastern Chad.
More
than 240,000 refugees from the neighbouring Darfur region of Sudan and 180,000
internally displaced persons (IDPs) live in 12 camps across eastern Chad run
by UNHCR.
This
week’s attack was the second targeting an aid worker in Chad in less than a
year. A driver for UNHCR was shot and killed by gunmen late last year.
Labels:
United
Nations, U.N., Chad,
UN refugee
agency, Pascal
Marlinge, NGO, non-governmental
organization, Save
The Children, eastern
Chad, UNHCR, UN
High Commissioner for Refugees, Jennifer
Pagonis
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 |
MaximsNews®
LLC
NEWS NETWORK FOR THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY |
MaximsNews Network® LLC is a Global News Network
that is read worldwide, in 195 countries and territories. It is associated with MediaChannel.org and Globalvision News Network, global news and media information services with more than 350 news affiliates in 135 countries.
Established in 1999, MaximsNews now publishes in
the six UN working languages: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and
Spanish.
SEE:
About
MaximsNews
The views expressed are the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of MaximsNews®
LLC.
REACH
THE WORLD'S MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE
SEE:
Advertise
with MaximsNews | MaximsNews
MEDIA PARTNERSHIPS
|
Labels: MaximsNews,
United
Nations, U.N., UN,
World Politics,
International
News, Opinion,
Diplomacy, NGO,
Think-TankNews,
People
in World News,
|
|
MaximsNews
UN
United Nations World
Politics International News
Opinion
Commentary Diplomacy
Turbo Tagger
|
MaximsNews.com
U.N. ® LLC www.MaximsNews.com
| MaximsNews@MaximsNews.com |
Please
contact us about Republishing:
Syndication@MaximsNews.com ©Copyrights 1999 -
2008, MaximsNews® LLC. All rights
reserved.
|
