On South Sudan, OHCHR Uses Kiir Government’s Death Count, Puts “Protection of Civilians” In Quotations Marks, Wau

UNITED NATIONS, July 12 (InnerCityPro.com) -- On South Sudan the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the UN, which can't or won't provide any casualty figures for Wau where the UNMISS mission closed its gates on civilians seeking protection, has issued a press statement on the fighting in South Sudan, using the ...

On South Sudan, US Susan Rice Speaks, ICP Asked UN Of 13 Americans Trapped In Juba, Action

UNITED NATIONS, July 11 (InnerCityPro.com) -- On South Sudan, now US NSC Susan Rice has issued a statement; Inner City Press had on July 10 reported the DC presence of former governor Bakosoro and Pagan Amum and despite UN censorship and restrictions ongoing on July 11 asked the UN at its noon briefing about 13 ...

From South Sudan, US Orders Departure of Non-Essential Personnel, Hour After UNSC Statement

UNITED NATIONS, July 10 (InnerCityPro.com) -- On South Sudan less than an hour after the UN Security Council issued a Press Statement, here, the US State Department which had belatedly convened the Security Council meeting issued its own statement, including department of non-essential personnel, below. Some have asked whether the US is meeting with former ...

On South Sudan, UNSC Press Statement, ICP Asks Prez of Arms Embargo, Which Troops – Burundi?

UNITED NATIONS, July 10 (InnerCityPro.com) -- After more than three hours meeting on South Sudan, the UN Security Council's president for July, Japan's Koro Bessho, emerged to the stakeout (statement below). Inner City Press asked him if an arms embargo had been discussed -- no -- and which regional countries are being looked to for ...

On South Sudan, As UN Covers Up, Canned Ban Ki-moon Statement, UNSC To Meet, Minders or Censors?

UNITED NATIONS, July 10 (InnerCityPro.com) -- With the UN in South Sudan having refused to provide information about civilians killed outside its base in Wau, then refusing to confirm the 150 soldiers dead in the leaked UN memo Inner City Press first published, now Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, fresh from a junket with philanthropists, has ...

On South Sudan, UNSC Belated Issues Statement, But Will They Stop UNMISS’ & Ladsous’ Cover Up?

UNITED NATIONS, July 9 (InnerCityPro.com) -- After not holding a meeting about South Sudan on July 8, and after Inner City Press published a leaked UN memo about 150 soldiers killed, which the UN refused to confirm, the UN Security Council late on July 9 issued a Press Statement, below. But will they ensure UNMISS ...

After 150 Soldiers Killed in Juba & UN Won’t Confirm Memo, UNICEF Speaks: Will They Disclose Civilians Deaths, In Wau?

UNITED NATIONS, July 9 (InnerCityPro.com) --After 150 soldiers were killed in Juba, South Sudan and the UN Mission UNMISS refused to confirm the UN memo on it that Inner City Press published six hours before, now UNICEF has issued a statement, below. Maybe UNICEF will disclose the extend of civilian deaths, like UNMISS has refused ...

After 150 Soldiers Killed in Juba, Leaked UN Memo, US Issues Statement, UNSC UNclear

UNITED NATIONS, July 9 (InnerCityPro.com) -- The day after the UN Security Council was rumored to hold an emergency meeting on the violence in South Sudan and then didn't, and after Inner City Press first reported at least 150 soldiers killed, based on a leaked UN memo, the US State Department has just put this ...

As South Sudan Violence Surges, Rumored UNSC Meeting Will Not Happen, Canned Ban Statement, Wau Cover Up

UNITED NATIONS, July 8 (InnerCityPro.com) -- Amid a surge in violence in South Sudan, the UN Ambassador of Lithuania, until recently on the UN Security Council, tweeted on Friday that the Council would meet that afternoon about the crisis. But when ICP asked the month's President of the Council, Koro Bessho of Japan, he said ...

UN’s Read-Out Of Ban Ki-moon in China, Here, Differs From UN Answer to ICP on North Korea

UNITED NATIONS, July 7 (InnerCityPro.com) - The UN emailed out a read-out of Ban Ki-moon in China, below since it did not immediately go on the UN's website. It differs from what Ban Ki-moon's spokesman said in response to ICP's questions about North Korea, which Reuters reported as their own. First from the UN transcript, ...