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U.N. Airlifts Aid to Sudanese in Chad
In the best tradition of the U.N., treating the symptoms, not the cause. U.N. agencies began urgently airlifting relief supplies into eastern Chad and western Sudan on Tuesday to help more than 600,000 Sudanese lacking food, water and medical supplies because of fighting, private aid agencies said. Civil war usually does this. Medecines Sans Frontieres, or Doctors Without Borders, said its medical team was overwhelmed with patients who were either wounded in the fighting in western Sudan or were suffering from hunger-related diseases. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said a large Now we know why Alaska Paul hasnât been around. The United Nations and other relief organizations had complained the Sudanese government was blocking the delivery of aid to the stricken people inside the country. The government defended its restrictions, saying the area was too insecure, but it recently allowed the agencies back to Darfur. Now that itâs been "pacified." The situation in Darfur has deteriorated even as rebels in southern Sudan neared a comprehensive agreement to end the 21-year civil war there. Talks began Tuesday in neighboring Kenya, but do not include the rebels in Darfur. How much oil in Darfur again? Posted by: Steve White 2004-02-18 |
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