Darfur: Deep concern on the expulsion of aid groups

United Nations, 6 March 2009 - Daily Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary General. The Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is contacting leaders in the region to follow up on his appeal to the Government of Sudan to reconsider its decision to expel 13 non-governmental organizations, which aid some 4.7 million people in Darfur. His recent contacts included telephone calls with the leaders of the African Union and the League of Arab States.
The UN Refugee Agency, meanwhile, said it shared the deep concern of the Secretary-General and the rest of the UN system over the ordered departure of the aid groups and the serious implications this has for humanitarian efforts on behalf of hundreds of thousands of extremely vulnerable people in Darfur and elsewhere.
The World Health Organization, UNICEF and OCHA also reacted to the decision of the Government of Sudan.
Meanwhile, according to the African Union-United Nations mission in Darfur (UNAMID) a number of banditry activities targeting UNAMID personnel and aid groups was reported in all three Sectors.

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