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Dutch general named to head UN probe into violence in capital of South Sudan

Xinhua, August 24, 2016 Adjust font size:

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday announced the appointment of Major General (retired) Patrick Cammaert of the Netherlands to lead an independent Special Investigation into the violence in Juba, the capital South Sudan, in July 2016, and the response of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).

"The investigation will review reports of incidents of attacks on civilians and cases of sexual violence that occurred within or in the vicinity of the UN House Protection of Civilians (POC) sites in Juba," UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters here.

"It will also determine the actions of UNMISS and whether the Mission responded appropriately to prevent these incidents and protect civilians within its resources and capabilities at the time."

In addition, the investigation will review the circumstances surrounding the attack on the Terrain Hotel and assess the Mission's response, he said.

The Special Investigation team will undertake a field visit to Juba to interview the relevant interlocutors, he said. "A final report will be presented to the secretary-general within one month, the findings of which will be made public."

Cammaert recently led a Headquarters-Board of Inquiry on the circumstances of the clashes that occurred in the UNMISS Protection of Civilians site in Malakal, South Sudan, on Feb. 17-18, 2016.

He previously had a distinguished military career in both the Netherlands with the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps and the United Nations, including as Force Commander in United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE), as Military Advisor to the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), and as General Officer Commanding the Eastern Division in the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC). Enditem