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March 25, 2009

UN Warns on Darfur Aid
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The UN is warning of dire consequences for the millions of people who
rely on foreign aid groups in Darfur. Sudanese President Omar Hassan
al-Bashir expelled thirteen aid groups from Darfur after the
International Criminal Court indicted him on charges of war crimes and
crimes against humanity. On Tuesday, Emergency Relief Coordinator John
Holmes said the remaining aid groups are inadequate.

Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes: “While a significant effort is
being made by the government, by the UN, by the NGOs which are left, to
plug some of the immediate gaps in these areas, these are at the same
time band-aid solutions, if I can put it that way, not long-term
solutions.”



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