Sudan asks UN to resume humanitarian activities in Darfur

March 10, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — The Sudanese government on Saturday asked the United Nations to resume its humanitarian relief activities in the western Sudanese region of Darfur.

Ali al-Sadig, spokesman of the Foreign Ministry, told reporters that the Sudanese government would coordinate with the UN and other parties in order to prevent reoccurrence of an assault on a refugee camp operated by the world body in Darfur.

“We hope that the UN will reveal the identification of the attackers so that the Sudanese government and local authorities in Darfur will take precautious measures to avoid such an incident,” he said.

“The UN must know exactly that it is carrying out its activities in a region where security can not be completely guaranteed,” he said.

The spokesman urged the world body to resume its humanitarian relief activities, saying that suspension was not a solution but a signal to militant groups in the region that the UN had yielded to blackmail.

The UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) announced on Friday its decision to suspend humanitarian activities in the West Darfur state after a group of armed men attacked the Ardamata refugee camp operated by the UNMIS.

The UNMIS said that Arab militiamen swept through the Ardamata camp on Wednesday without causing casualty.

(Xinhua)