Friday, June 12, 2009

Four prevented humanitarian organizations working in Sudan.

The Sudanese Government has allowed four international humanitarian organizations, previously expelled from the country, continue to work under different names, transfers, on Friday agency Associated Press.
In early March 2009, after the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Sudanese president Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the representatives of 13 international organizations had been expelled from the country. The authorities accused them of lzhesvidetelstvovanii in court. How, then, said the Sudanese leader, "we must cleanse our country from any spies."
Later, told the Deputy UN Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes (John Holmes), the organization CARE, Save The Children, Mercy Corps and PADCO successfully reregister under the change of name. Soon they will be able to continue humanitarian activities in Darfur and the border regions of Sudan. Holmes expressed the hope that the remaining nine will be re-do the same.
According to the UN, as a result of the decision al-Bashir, Sudan had left about 40 per cent of the staff of humanitarian organizations working in Darfur that is about 6 500 people. This jeopardized the distribution of desperately needed humanitarian assistance to the residents.
Remember, the International Criminal Court accuse al-Bashir with crimes against humanity and war crimes during the civil war and the suppression of the uprising in Darfur in 2003. Sudan refuses to extradite its president.

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