Toby Lanzer CC. The United Nations Security Council in New York. CC. UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon CC. President of the Republic of South Sudan, General Salva Kiir Mayardit CC: Chairperson of the Sudan People Liberation Movement in Opposition Dr Riek Machar Teny CC. Ellen Margrethe Loj Special Envoy to South Sudan and head of…
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PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT BY HILDE F. JOHNSON
Dear all, July 08, 2014(Juba) — This is my last day as Special Representative of the UN Secretary General to South Sudan. I have today completed 3 years as SRSG, and have come to the end of my period. UNMISS has also received a totally different mandate from the Security Council than the one I…
The Cable: U.N. Peacekeepers to Protect China’s Oil Interests in South Sudan
BY Colum Lynch, FP. June 16, 2014(FP) — For years, American administrations have embraced U.N. peacekeeping as a cost-effective alternative to U.S. military intervention, a policy that has allowed Washington to harness the power and purse of foreign governments to promote America’s security and humanitarian interests abroad. “It’s a smart investment,” President Obama recently told…
