UNMISS, government discuss safety of aid workers

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ramadan Mohammad Abdallah Goc and the Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and Resident Coordinator Anita Kiki Gbeho on held discussion on the safety of humanitarian workers in the country.

By Awan Achiek

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ramadan Mohammad Abdallah Goc and the Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and Resident Coordinator Anita Kiki Gbeho  on held discussion on the safety of humanitarian workers in the country.

The meeting held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters also discussed the Ministerial Order on the tax exemption on humanitarian agencies.

The Deputy Minister emphasized that “the tax exemption is for humanitarian partners providing essential services to the people of South Sudan, and it does not directly impact humanitarian organizations operating in the country.”

 The meeting resolved to establish a humanitarian corridor along the Sudan-South Sudan border.

The meeting came a few days after the staff of the U.N Peacekeeping Mission was killed on 5 March in the Abiemnhom area of Ruweng Administrative Area, close to the border with Warrap State and Abyei.

Charles Kiir Gone was gunned down when he was serving as a heavy vehicle operator serving with the peacekeeping mission in Wau, in the northwest.

He was reportedly killed during an attack by armed men in a relative’s home, where he was staying.

Gone was on leave from work at the time of the attack that has been linked to cattle rustling.

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