UN Security Council Urges Probe Into Downing of Helicopter in South Sudan

The UN Security Council unanimously agreed Wednesday to Russia's press statement proposal, urging "a swift, through and transparent investigation" into the downing of a UN helicopter, which killed three Russian crew members and injured one in South Sudan.

“The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest term the downing near Bentiu, Unity State, in South Sudan on August 26, 2014 of an UNMISS Mi-8 AMT helicopter performing a cargo flight to the area with four Russian crew members, three of whom were killed and one severely injured,” said in the press statement.

The note “strongly urged the UN Mission in South Sudan and the government of South Sudan to conduct a swift, through and transparent investigation of this attack.”

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