UN says Trump will allow its staff back in country

The United Nations says it has received assurances that the Trump administration’s ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries will not affect UN staff members from those countries.

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said a handful of UN staff members traveling on G-4 visas — which allow non-diplomats to work at UN headquarters in New York — were kept from boarding planes over the weekend.

But Dujarric said he was informed Monday that “all issues had been ironed out and we got the needed assurances from the US Mission” that staff from the seven countries with valid G-4 visas can return to work at the United Nations.

Dujarric reiterated that the UN “very much hopes that the measures put in place regarding refugees are temporary,” saying “the US has been a critical partner of the United Nations organization…in resettling refugees.”

— AP