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ANCA GIVES VOICE TO ARMENIAN AMERICAN DEMAND THAT UN ACT ON SUDAN RELIEF
ARMENPRESS
26 September, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 26, ARMENPRESS: The Armenian National Committee
of America joined with over 120 human rights, faith-based, public
interest, and ethnic organizations in calling for decisive UN
action to press Sudan to allow humanitarian access to the Sudanese
states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile, as well as Darfur, reports
Armenpress citing ANCA. The letter, initiated by United to End
Genocide and directed to members of the United Nations Security
Council, was signed by the ANCA along with the NAACP, American
Jewish World Service, American Islamic Congress, Common Cause, Human
Rights Watch, Humanity United, National Association of Evangelicals,
National Council of the Churches of Christ, TransAfrica, and more
than 100 other local, state, and national organizations. For over a
year, the government of Sudan has refused to allow aid into these
two states, resulting in emergency levels of food insecurity for
150,000-200,000 people in Southern Kordofan and crisis levels
for hundreds of thousands of others in Southern Kordofan and Blue
Nile. Continued aerial bombardments by the Sudanese Armed Forces
and fighting with rebel groups has displaced or severely affected an
estimated 665,000 people inside Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile and
led 205,000 refugees to flee to South Sudan and Ethiopia, where they
continue to face desperate conditions. "We welcomed the conclusion
of a memorandum of understanding between the government of Sudan and
the Tripartite Partners, but are distressed that the government of
Sudan once again continues to delay in its implementation of a key
agreement. Similarly, we appreciate the actions of the UN Security
Council to secure the delivery of humanitarian aid and to support
the initiation of a political dialogue between the government of
Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-N. However, such
actions will be of little consequence to civilians on the ground if
the Council does not make efforts to ensure that the government of
Sudan complies with the Council's approach. If Sudan continues to
ignore its obligations to allow humanitarian access to the people of
South Kordofan and Blue Nile, we urge that the UN Security Council
move swiftly to impose consequences for this failure and to consider
alternative means for delivering aid", stated in the letter.
ARMENPRESS
26 September, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 26, ARMENPRESS: The Armenian National Committee
of America joined with over 120 human rights, faith-based, public
interest, and ethnic organizations in calling for decisive UN
action to press Sudan to allow humanitarian access to the Sudanese
states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile, as well as Darfur, reports
Armenpress citing ANCA. The letter, initiated by United to End
Genocide and directed to members of the United Nations Security
Council, was signed by the ANCA along with the NAACP, American
Jewish World Service, American Islamic Congress, Common Cause, Human
Rights Watch, Humanity United, National Association of Evangelicals,
National Council of the Churches of Christ, TransAfrica, and more
than 100 other local, state, and national organizations. For over a
year, the government of Sudan has refused to allow aid into these
two states, resulting in emergency levels of food insecurity for
150,000-200,000 people in Southern Kordofan and crisis levels
for hundreds of thousands of others in Southern Kordofan and Blue
Nile. Continued aerial bombardments by the Sudanese Armed Forces
and fighting with rebel groups has displaced or severely affected an
estimated 665,000 people inside Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile and
led 205,000 refugees to flee to South Sudan and Ethiopia, where they
continue to face desperate conditions. "We welcomed the conclusion
of a memorandum of understanding between the government of Sudan and
the Tripartite Partners, but are distressed that the government of
Sudan once again continues to delay in its implementation of a key
agreement. Similarly, we appreciate the actions of the UN Security
Council to secure the delivery of humanitarian aid and to support
the initiation of a political dialogue between the government of
Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-N. However, such
actions will be of little consequence to civilians on the ground if
the Council does not make efforts to ensure that the government of
Sudan complies with the Council's approach. If Sudan continues to
ignore its obligations to allow humanitarian access to the people of
South Kordofan and Blue Nile, we urge that the UN Security Council
move swiftly to impose consequences for this failure and to consider
alternative means for delivering aid", stated in the letter.