This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Jennifer Pagonis – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 2 May 2008, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

We are very saddened by the tragic killing of a French aid worker for Save the Children, Pascal Marlinge, in eastern Chad near the border with Sudan yesterday. Mr Marlinge was apparently shot by bandits while travelling in a three-vehicle convoy.

This shocking incident underscores the highly insecure environment that humanitarians workers face in delivering protection and assistance to more than 240,000 refugees from Sudan's Darfur region in 12-UNHCR run camps eastern Chad and 180,000 Chadians, displaced in their own country by inter-ethnic violence.

Story date: 2 May 2008
UNHCR Briefing Notes