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 Re: أوباما يلتقي بالسكرتير العام للأمم المتحدة و نقاش عن السودان (Re: Kostawi)
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States is urging leading African, Arab and Muslim groups to protest Sudan's ordering aid organizations out of Darfur, an expulsion it says threatens the lives of more than a million Muslims.
U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said Tuesday the African Union, the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Conference must tell the Sudanese government to reverse the expulsion of the largest humanitarian organizations in conflict-wracked Darfur.
The Sudanese government ordered the expulsion of 13 international aid organizations and three domestic groups after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant last week for President Omar al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur.
"If this decision stands, we can expect over a million people to be in immediate risk of losing their lives and the responsibility for that decision lies squarely with the government of Sudan," Rice told reporters.
There has been criticism of the arrest warrant in Africa and the Middle East. The African Union chief, Jean Ping, has called it "counterproductive" for peace efforts in Darfur. And in a strong sign of support, Qatar's Prime Minister Sheik Hamad Bin Jassem Al Thani said al-Bashir will be invited and welcomed at an Arab summit in late March.
"I think it's imperative that the African Union and its member states, the OIC, the Arab League come together and deliver a very clear message to the government that they will not tolerate and stand by while over a million African Muslims are at risk of urgent death," Rice said.
She said diplomatic efforts are continuing in New York, Washington, Khartoum and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where the AU is headquartered, to reverse the expulsion orders. One council diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity because the contacts are private, said al-Bashir doesn't appear to be listening.
Arab and African nations are also pressing the U.N. Security Council to pass a resolution deferring any prosecution of the president for at least a year, hoping to defuse the crisis.
U.N. humanitarian chief John Holmes said Monday that U.N. agencies, the Sudanese government, and aid organizations allowed to remain in Darfur don't have the resources to fully replace the activities of the 13 expelled aid groups.
The 7,610 people ordered out represent more than 50 percent of the roughly 14,000 humanitarian workers from 85 organizations that had been working in Darfur, he said.
Last week, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the relief agencies are key to maintaining a lifeline to 4.7 million people in Darfur.
According to the U.N., up to 300,000 people have died and 2.7 million have been driven from their homes since the conflict began in 2003 when rebel groups took up arms against the government, complaining of discrimination and neglect.
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Re: أوباما يلتقي بالسكرتير العام للأمم المتحدة و نقاش عن السودان (Re: Kostawi)
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Obama discusses Darfur crisis with UN Secretary General at White House
By JOHN HEILPRIN Associated Press Writer
updated 7:47 p.m. ET, Tues., March. 10, 2009
roanoke,va - 7:43 p.m. WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that the violence in Darfur and inaction in the face of its worsening humanitarian crisis are “not acceptable.“ He pledged to work more closely with the United Nations to bring peace to western Sudan’s conflict-wracked region. Obama’s response during a nearly hourlong Oval Office meeting with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon significantly ratcheted up the U.S. response to Sudan President Omar al-Bashir’s expulsion of 13 aid groups, which is threatening more than 3 million people with the loss of food aid, health care or suitable drinking water. Ban told Obama that 2009 is a “make-or-break” year for the organization and its member countries, and that he hopes the United States will work with the international organization to address climate change and the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. Obama said he wanted to send a strong and unified message with the U.N. to bring peace and security to the region. “It is not acceptable to put that many people’s lives at risk,“ Obama said. “We need to be able to get those humanitarian organizations back on the ground.“ Obama had invited Ban to the White House to seek a stronger relationship between the world body and its single biggest backer. “The United States wants to work as actively as possible with the United Nations to try to resolve the immediate humanitarian crisis and to start putting us on a path toward long-term peace and stability in the Sudan,“ Obama said. “The United Nations can be an extraordinarily constructive and important partner in bringing about peace and stability and security to people around the world.“ The two leaders also spoke about the ongoing war in Afghanistan. ——— 11:09 a.m. WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon are seeking a new and stronger relationship between the world body and its single biggest backer. Ban is heading to the White House Tuesday at Obama’s invitation to discuss a range of global security and development issues. The United States agreed to pay nearly a quarter of the U.N.‘s $4.86 billion operating budget, but they had a difficult relationship during much of President George W. Bush’s administration. Among the top concerns is the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, where the Sudanese president kicked out aid groups since an arrest warrant charged him with war crimes and crimes against humanity. Others are the financial meltdown and a climate treaty.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29616362/
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Kostawi
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