UN
Says OCHA Has
Asked to Aid
Kordofan &
Blue Nile Only
Through Sudan
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
September 5 --
In Southern
Kordofan and
Blue Nile,
ostensibly a
focus on many
countries
including the
UN's host,
humanitarian
aid has yet to
be delivered.
On the eve of
the UN
Security
Council
receiving yet
another
briefing by
envoy Haile
Menkerios,
Inner City
Press
on September 5
asked UN
Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon's
spokesman
Martin
Nesirky:
Inner
City Press: In
Sudan, there
is that
tripartite
agreement to
deliver
humanitarian
aid to
Southern
Kordofan and
Blue Nile;
seems like
it’s
been delayed.
And now, Sudan
has said it’s
absolutely
opposed to
delivering aid
through South
Sudan or by
air. Since the
United
Nations is
obviously
involved in
this and has
been reporting
on the
needs there,
what’s its
response to
that? How do
they think the
aid should
be... is that
a sufficient
response by
Sudan and what
should be
done?
Spokesperson
Nesirky:
I will check
with the
Office for the
Coordination
of
Humanitarian
Affairs.
Some
four hours
later, the
following
answer
arrived:
Subject:
Your
question on
Southern
Kordofan and
Blue Nile
From: UN
Spokesperson -
Do Not Reply
[at] un.org
Date: Wed, Sep
5, 2012 at
4:53 PM
To: Matthew
Russell Lee
[at]
innercitypress.com
Regarding
your
question on
humanitarian
aid, OCHA says
that it has
requested
the Government
of Sudan to
allow aid to
go through
Sudan itself
to
affected
communities in
South Kordofan
and Blue Nile.
As
with certain
other recent
UN answers, it
is not
entirely clear
what
this means.
But given the
question
asked, it
seems to mean
that the
UN has not
even asked
that aid be
allowed in
from South
Sudan, where
the UN has a
large
peacekeeping
mission.
Perhaps that
is realistic.
But if the UN
doesn't even
ask....
Watch
this site.
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