السودان ينفي اي نية للسماح للمنظمات المطرودة بالعودة الى دارفور!!

Quote: الخرطوم 10 /6 (سونا ) وحول ما تردد عن محاولات لعودة بعض المنظمات المبعدة قال علي الصادق ان موقف الحكومة واضح في هذا الامر وان تلك المنظمات لن تعود للسودان سواء باسمائها او بأسماء أخرى جديدة مشيرا الى ان هذا الامر تمت مناقشته مع المبعوث الامريكي وممثل الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة للشؤون الانسانية ومسؤولين اخرين حيث تم الاتفاق علي ان الاولوية لتحسين الاوضاع في دارفور.

Quote: Sudan Denies Some Expelled NGOs Returning By Margaret Besheer The United Nations 11 June 2009 Sudan is denying United Nations claims that some aid groups that were expelled from the country in March are being allowed to return by making slight organizational name changes. The groups were kicked out following the International Criminal Court's issuance of an arrest warrant for President Omar al-Bashir for war crimes. John Holmes (file photo) U.N. humanitarian chief John Holmes told the Security Council Thursday that during his recent visit to Khartoum, government officials made clear to him both in private and in public that new aid groups and those with new names and logos are welcome in the country. "Four of the expelled NGOs have taken advantage of this latter flexibility and this week completed initial registration processes in Khartoum," he said. Holmes said the four organizations are CARE International, Save the Children, Mercy Corps and PADCO. But Sudan's Foreign Affairs Ministry issued a statement Thursday denying that some of the aid groups kicked out of the country would be allowed to return. Sudan's U.N. Ambassador Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem Mohamad echoed that, telling VOA that those who have been expelled will not be allowed to circumvent the government's order. "The people put it like we are throwing them from the window and they are coming from the door, or visa-versa. It is not like this. Those that have been expelled are expelled. They are not being allowed to come back. But whoever would like to apply afresh, credentials will be checked and a decision will be taken on a case-by-case basis," he said. In March, the International Criminal Court at The Hague issued an arrest warrant for Sudan's president on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity for atrocities committed in the Darfur region of his country since 2003. President Bashir responded by kicking out 13 of the largest international aid organizations working in Darfur, as well as revoking the licenses of three national NGOs, leaving more than a million people at risk of insufficient food, water, sanitation and healthcare. Holmes said Sudanese government efforts to fill the most critical gaps have been inadequate, but have for the moment prevented a secondary humanitarian crisis from erupting. But he warned that the looming rainy season could present new challenges.

Quote: Sudan letting back renamed aid groups: UN official 11 Jun 2009 17:21:03 GMT Source: Reuters * All expelled aid groups could return under new names * Restart of operations delayed by staff, equipment issues * Expelled groups provided 40 percent of aid in Darfur By Claudia Parsons UNITED NATIONS, June 11 (Reuters) - Four aid groups expelled from Sudan in March have been authorized by Khartoum to send new teams under new names and new logos back into the country, the top U.N. humanitarian official said on Thursday. President Omar Hassan al-Bashir ordered 13 foreign aid agencies to leave north Sudan in March after the International Criminal Court indicted him for war crimes in the western Darfur region. Khartoum had accused aid groups of giving the ICC information about alleged atrocities in Darfur, where the United Nations says six years of conflict has killed up to 300,000 people and uprooted more than 2.7 million. Khartoum says 10,000 people have died. Briefing the U.N. Security Council, undersecretary-general John Holmes said the expulsions were unjustified but the Sudanese government had since made progress in improving cooperation with the United Nations over humanitarian access. He said the government had made clear it would welcome existing and new international non-governmental agencies (NGOs), including NGOs with new names and logos. "That possibility is there for all the organizations that were expelled and some of them have already taken advantage of that, and have got very recently new registrations, and will be restarting their operations," Holmes told reporters. "Four have already applied for new registration under their slightly changed new names and they have been accepted. I think the same possibility is open to others," he said. He identified the four expelled groups as Oregon-based Mercy Corps, U.S.-based CARE International, Save the Children U.S. and PADCO, a humanitarian contractor that had been involved in rebuilding war-ravaged areas. Mercy Corps said earlier this week it was discussing sending in new teams under the flag of Mercy Corps Scotland, an affiliated Edinburgh-based charity. Holmes said it was unclear how soon they would be able to restart operations since local staff may have found other jobs and the aid groups' equipment and assets may have been lost. Other expelled non-governmental organisations include Britain's Oxfam and the French and Dutch arms of Medecins Sans Frontieres, also known as Doctors Without Borders. Before March, the United Nations and aid groups were running the world's largest humanitarian operation in Darfur. The expelled agencies carried out 40 percent of humanitarian work in the region, which is roughly the size of France. U.N. agencies have said they could not fill the gap left by their NGO partners, which distributed food aid and provided clean water and healthcare across Darfur. (Editing by Eric Walsh)