Sudan renews accepting sending aid to Darfour
Sudan, Politics, 6/5/2004

Chairman of the UN office for coordinating humanitarian affairs Jan Egg-land announced that the Sudanese government has coordinated its pledge to permit sending aid to Darfour district during talks that took place yesterday in Geneva in the presence of groups representing the rebels and representatives for the European Union, the US and the African federation.

Egg-land said that the UN got strong commitment that all sides will exert their utmost efforts not only for preventing obstacles hindering our aids but also help us supporting their citizens," noting that the UNHCR will dispatch 6 new observers to Darfour in order to join the small number of UN observers there to actually help opening the way before reaching foreign aid.

He added that the African federation will also dispatch observers as well as the office of the UN itself in order to coordinate humanitarian affairs.

Egg-land statements, however, came one day after the donor states vowed to give USD 126 million for Darfour which is situated to the west of Sudan which witnessed the fleeing of thousands of persons from their houses and farms to avoid traces of the flaming war there.

The UN office for coordinating humanitarian affairs said it will exert all efforts to prevent the occurrence of famine at a large scale in Darfour.

Meantime, a source close to the Chad's mediation in Njamina told reporters that the Sudanese planes bombarded on Friday the weekly shopping market in Thabet village to the north of Darfour and that the bombardment was followed by an attack launched by al-Janjawid Arab tribes which stand in support of Khartoum.

The source said that Friday's raid constituted a " new violation of the cease fire while the African federation started the deployment of truce monitoring system signed on April 8 in Njamina between the two conflicting sides.

The African federation announced on Thursday that 120 observers from the European Union, the US, the Sudanese government and the two rebel movements and the Chad's mediation will be deployed in Darfour.

Those observers will be in charge, according to the text of the agreement of " defining the sites occupied by the armed opposition fighters and to make sure of freezing the movement of the armed militias. "

Previous Stories:
  Khartoum, Darfour rebellions exchange accusations over violating the truce   (6/3/2004)
  Sudanese opposition welcome peace agreements protocols   (5/29/2004)
  Khartoum, southern rebels sign the last protocols; Sudan: the peace agreement is ready   (5/27/2004)

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