United Nations • The UN aid chief warned of a humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur region if attacks on humanitarian workers there continue.
“Despite its scale and success in sustaining millions and saving literally hundreds of thousands of lives, the Darfur humanitarian operation is increasingly fragile,” John Holmes, the UN emergency relief coordinator, told the Security Council on his return from a tour of Sudan, Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR).
“If things do not get better, or if there were more serious incidents involving humanitarian workers, some organizations could start to withdraw and the operation could start to unravel,” he added. “Then we could face a rapid humanitarian catastrophe...We must do everything in our power to avoid it.” Read more >>>
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