2009-07-17 14:25:46

UN condemns killing of UN staffer in Pakistan


(July 17, 2009) United Nations Secretary-General General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the murder of a staff member of the United Nations refugee agency at a refugee camp in Pakistan on Thursday. Zil-e-Usman, a 59-year-old Pakistani who worked since 1984 for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), was attacked outside the agency's field office in Kutch Gari on the outskirts of Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province. Four to five gunmen reportedly opened fire as he was walking back from the camp administrative office to his car during a routine visit to the site. Another staff member was injured in the incident but is in stable condition in a nearby hospital, according to UNHCR. A guard working with a government-funded agency known as the Commissionerate for Afghan Refugees was also killed. “The Secretary-General strongly condemns this brutal attack on humanitarian personnel who are working for the well-being of the Pakistani people,” Ban’s spokesperson said in a statement. U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres also condemned the attack, noting it was the third killing of a UNHCR staff member in Pakistan in the past six months.








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