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Ban condemns killing of Syrian Arab Red Crescent chief

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New York, January 27, 2012
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the killing of of Syrian Arab Red Crescent chief Abd-al-Razzaq Jbeiro.
 
Media reports said Jbeiro, the Secretary General of the humanitarian organisation, was shot dead in an attack that targeted a vehicle he was driving in that was clearly marked with the Red Crescent emblem.
 
A statement issued by the spokesman for the Secretary-General said he called on the Syrian Government to investigate the crime and bring the perpetrators to justice.
 
Ban also reminded all of their obligation to respect and protect humanitarian workers as they performed their duties and impartially served all those who were in need.
 
Last week, Ban had renewed his call on the Syrian authorities to end the ongoing bloodshed in the country, which has, since March, been in a maelstrom of an uprising which has led to the deaths of more than 5,000 people.
 
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