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Ban condemns Peshawar terrorist attack
Dharam Shourie
United Nations, June 10 (PTI) UN Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon has condemned the deadly terrorist attack on a hotel
in Peshawar in which a staff member of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was among those killed.
In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Ban said he
is saddened by the large number of people killed and wounded
in the attack on the Pearl Continental Hotel in Pakistan's
Peshawar city.
He said that Aleksander Vorkapic, the UNHCR employee
who died in the attack, was part of an emergency team recently
sent to Pakistan to assist with the current displacement
crisis in the nation's northwest region.
"Once again, a dedicated staff member of the United
Nations is among the victims of a heinous terrorist attack
which no cause can justify," the statement said.
At least 11 people were killed and 55, including
foreigners, injured when the militants Tuesday set off an
explosive-laden vehicle on the hotel premises.
On the humanitarian front, UNHCR said that it
continues to extend its shelters to accommodate the flood of
displaced people in northwest Pakistan, while a growing number
of pregnant women uprooted by the military offensive against
militants in the region are seeking essential medical care.
Among the over 2 million people displaced by the
conflict are an estimated 70,000 pregnant women, according to
the UN Population Fund, with more than 250 giving birth every
day and as many as 40 facing potentially life-threatening
complications that call for skilled medical help.
A 19-year-old from Buner in North West Frontier
Province (NWFP) last week became the first woman to give birth
at one of five UNFPA-supported reproductive health clinics in
camps for the displaced after walking 50 kilometres in two
days to reach the Yar Hussein camp in Swabi district.
Other four clinics are also receiving a steady
increase in patients.
Each site has a delivery room, a supply store and an
outpatient clinic offering reproductive health care for women,
as well as a full range of basic health services for the
entire community.
With some 90 per cent of the displaced sheltering
among host communities across NWFP, UNFPA has ordered
obstetric equipment and reproductive health supplies for four
local health facilities to help alleviate the strain.
"The trauma that women suffer when they are displaced
greatly increases the risks of pregnancy and childbirth,"
warned Daniel B Baker, UNFPA Representative in Pakistan.
As part of the joint UN USD 543 million programme to
support the displaced, launched on May 22, UNFPA has asked
donors for USD 3.9 million to provide maternal, neonatal and
child health care and psychosocial support for the next six
months. PTI
United Nations, June 10 (PTI) UN Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon has condemned the deadly terrorist attack on a hotel
in Peshawar in which a staff member of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was among those killed.
In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Ban said he
is saddened by the large number of people killed and wounded
in the attack on the Pearl Continental Hotel in Pakistan's
Peshawar city.
He said that Aleksander Vorkapic, the UNHCR employee
who died in the attack, was part of an emergency team recently
sent to Pakistan to assist with the current displacement
crisis in the nation's northwest region.
"Once again, a dedicated staff member of the United
Nations is among the victims of a heinous terrorist attack
which no cause can justify," the statement said.
At least 11 people were killed and 55, including
foreigners, injured when the militants Tuesday set off an
explosive-laden vehicle on the hotel premises.
On the humanitarian front, UNHCR said that it
continues to extend its shelters to accommodate the flood of
displaced people in northwest Pakistan, while a growing number
of pregnant women uprooted by the military offensive against
militants in the region are seeking essential medical care.
Among the over 2 million people displaced by the
conflict are an estimated 70,000 pregnant women, according to
the UN Population Fund, with more than 250 giving birth every
day and as many as 40 facing potentially life-threatening
complications that call for skilled medical help.
A 19-year-old from Buner in North West Frontier
Province (NWFP) last week became the first woman to give birth
at one of five UNFPA-supported reproductive health clinics in
camps for the displaced after walking 50 kilometres in two
days to reach the Yar Hussein camp in Swabi district.
Other four clinics are also receiving a steady
increase in patients.
Each site has a delivery room, a supply store and an
outpatient clinic offering reproductive health care for women,
as well as a full range of basic health services for the
entire community.
With some 90 per cent of the displaced sheltering
among host communities across NWFP, UNFPA has ordered
obstetric equipment and reproductive health supplies for four
local health facilities to help alleviate the strain.
"The trauma that women suffer when they are displaced
greatly increases the risks of pregnancy and childbirth,"
warned Daniel B Baker, UNFPA Representative in Pakistan.
As part of the joint UN USD 543 million programme to
support the displaced, launched on May 22, UNFPA has asked
donors for USD 3.9 million to provide maternal, neonatal and
child health care and psychosocial support for the next six
months. PTI
