March 24, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan announced Saturday that the
humanitarian situation in the troubled region of South Kordofan is
stable according to the outcome of a joint survey conducted with the
United Nations agencies in state.
In a press conference held in Khartoum Sudan’s minister of social
welfare, Amira al-Fadil told reporters that the humanitarian survey in
11 districts and 53 villages revealed the stability of the humanitarian
situation there
The minister thanked all the international and local partners who
participated in the operation and pointed out that the joint field
survey refutes all the allegations about the existence of a food crisis
in South Kordofan and paves the way to develop a road map on the
required humanitarian operations.
The survey which involved the UNHCR and UNICEF covered the government
controlled parties of the South Kordofan where some of the war affected
civilians are displaced but it did not include the areas held by the
rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement – North (SPLM-N).
Sudan humanitarian affairs commissioner stated that the volume of
humanitarian aid provided by the government, since the outbreak of the
conflict in South Kordofan, amounted to 7818 metric tons. He also
151.000 people were displaced by the war stressing that 101.000
civilians returned to their villages now.
The international community is pressing on the Sudanese government to
give international aid groups unrestricted access to the rebel areas in
the Nuba Mountains where thousands of civilians face starvation
particularly the approaching rainy season will complicate the
transportation of food.
Sudan, which invokes security reasons to justify its refusal to allow
international aid groups to work in the rebel zones, is studying a
tripartite plan proposed by the UN, African Union and Arab League aiming
to assure Khartoum that the affected civilians will be the only
beneficiary of the humanitarian assistance.
Minister al-Fadil renewed the government’s demand for a ceasefire,
adding that the concerned services are still considering the tripartite
proposal.
She also reiterated the government refusal to open IDPs camps in the
state where some 49.000 are affected by the conflict, according the
government statistics, saying they do not want to repeat the current
situation in Darfur.
Last Friday, a bipartisan group of US senators introduced a
resolution calling for a cessation of hostilities in the South Kordofan
and urged the warring parties from the Sudanese army and the rebel
SPLM-N to observe it. The bill comes as the United States and United
Kingdom called on the Sudanese parties to cease war and to recommit
themselves to the political process for a negotiated settlement.
Besides the humanitarian aspects of the conflict, the international
community fears that this conflict impacts negatively on the relations
between newly independent South Sudan and Sudan and lead to another
north-south war.
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