Monday, August 28, 2006

Darfur on brink of fresh humanitarian disaster -UN

UNITED NATIONS,
Aug 28 (Reuters) - Sudan's war-torn Darfur region is on the brink of a fresh humanitarian disaster threatening "massive loss of life," a top U.N. official warned the Security Council on Monday.

Without safer conditions for aid workers, greater access to those in need and an end to the violence in the region, the international humanitarian operation could collapse, threatening hundreds of thousands of deaths, U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland said, according to remarks prepared for delivery to a closed session of the 15-nation council. Read more >>>

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