Abuja bomb attack won’t deter us – UN
THE United Nations (UN), on Sunday, vowed that the attack on its building in Abuja, on Friday last week, will not deter the body in its work and will not win any new sympathy to whatever cause that might be the motivation.
This came as the UN’s Deputy Secretary-General, Asha-Rose Migiro, said four unnamed UN staff had been flown to South Africa for medical attention, as, according to her, 26 still remained in intensive care in hospitals in Abuja.
While briefing journalists in Abuja, the UN chief further noted that 73 persons, including the 26 in intensive care, were among the injured, as an unnamed Federal Ministry of Health official was among the 21 dead.
“Such attacks will neither deter us in our work nor win any new sympathisers to whatever cause might be the motivation. Hunger and disease and the need to promote human rights do not stop or allow us to pause.
“The United Nations staff around the world must, therefore, carry on their duties and responsibilities. gucci outlet And we do so on a daily basis and we will continue to do so despite the barbaric attack,” he said.
She said her team was to meet with security apparatus in the country to find out exactly what happened and what could be done in the period ahead to strengthen security, adding that “targeting such people is outrageous and morally reprehensible.”
NTC officials say Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam and his spy chief should be tried in Libya, although they are wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.
The NTC and its Western backers are acutely aware of the need to prevent Libya collapsing into the kind of chaos that plagued Iraq for years after the U.S.-led invasion of 2003.
The de facto government, whose leaders plan to move to Tripoli from Benghazi this week, is trying to impose security, restore basic services and revive the energy–based economy.
But in the aftermath of victory, many corpses have been found, some of slain Gaddafi soldiers, others the victims of killings in cold blood.
A Libyan official said 75 bodies had been found at the Abu Salim hospital, which was caught up in heavy fighting, and another 35 corpses were found at the Yurmuk hospital.
The possibility that rebel fighters executed captured Gaddafi soldiers would pose an image problem for the NTC.
Rebel military spokesman Colonel Ahmed Bani said there was concern for the fate of 40,000 prisoners who he said had been detained by Gaddafi’s forces and who were still unaccounted for. It was possible some were being held in underground bunkers in Tripoli that rebels had been unable to locate.
GOOD OMENS
In good omens for economic recovery, officials said a vital gas export pipeline to Europe had been repaired and Libya’s biggest refinery had survived the war intact.
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