http://www.inspiremagazine.org.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=828
Aegis warns of catastrophic humanitarian threat for Darfur
Following unprecedented warnings from 14 United Nations (UN) agencies
and six humanitarian organisations citing serious security concerns as
the cause for the worsening humanitarian situation in Darfur,
international anti-genocide organisation, the Aegis Trust, has issued a
plea to governments to take the necessary steps to bring about security.
"This unprecedented warning … must be a wake up call for governments,"
said Dr James Smith, Chief Executive of the Aegis Trust. "These
organisations are the last line of help for three million civilians on
the ground, and so far the aid workers and the people they are trying
desperately help are being manifestly failed by the governments that
profess to support them."
The Aegis Trust maintains that three important steps are necessary to
bring security to Darfur within months, and change the diplomatic
dynamic that has so far stifled greater protection for civilians and aid
workers:
• The UN/African Union hybrid force must be fully operational
and at full capacity by August 2007 with the mandate and strength
sufficient to protect civilians and allow them to go back to their villages.
• A no fly zone must be imposed over Darfur by April 2007 so as
to end offensive flights over the region.
• UN forces should start to deploy to Chad and the Central
African Republic by March 2007 to prevent further large scale civilian
loss and further destabilisation of the wider region.
With the Darfur conflict soon to enter into its fourth year and with
little chance of a meaningful political settlement, untold civilian loss
of life continues. Due to the continued security concerns, the aid
agencies now have lost access to well over a million civilians, and aid
operations have been increasingly hampered by attacks by armed gangs and
Janjaweed militias.
For its part, the Sudanese government’s continued opposition to a UN
deployment, its failure to adhere to previous commitments to a
ceasefire, disarmament of the militias, or even in ending use of
humanitarian and UN colours on its military vehicles and helicopters,
further demonstrates its obtuse and malign policies, the Aegis Trust said.
"Failure to take action makes a mockery of all the strong words and
policies about protecting people from mass atrocities that world leaders
signed up to in 2005,” said Dr Smith. “There have been four years to
solve the Darfur crisis, but it has demonstrated a collective failure to
act.”
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