Secretary-General Condemns Yesterday’s Fatal Attack

 

on United Nations Convoy in West Darfur

 

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The Secretary-General condemns in the strongest possible terms the attack on an African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) convoy, which took place yesterday in El Geneina, West Darfur, leaving one peacekeeper dead and two others injured.  The Secretary-General calls on the Government of the Sudan to do its utmost to identify the perpetrators and to hold them accountable for this deadly attack.  He further calls on the parties to the conflict to respect the integrity of the peacekeeping force.  The Secretary-General reiterates the commitment of the United Nations to continue its vital peacekeeping, mediation and humanitarian work in Darfur.

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