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05 January 2006 - Programme Number 81

UNHCR APPEALS TO EGYPTIAN AUTHORITIES NOT TO DEPORT SUDANESE REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS; AMBASSADOR DAUDI MWAKAWAGO TALKS ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF UNAMSIL

UNHCR Appeals to Egyptian authorities not to deport Sudanese refugees and migrants, following a demonstration which ended with more than 25 people dead and others injured. UNHCR spokeswoman in Cairo, Astrid van Genderen Stort says,
"We have been trying since the 29th of September to find a peaceful solution to this crisis. We have always appealed to the Egyptian government to take appropriate measures to end the sit in stike in a peaceful manner."

The UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) has completed its task and left the country. Its departure has been followed by the activation of the UN Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL). The man who saw the conclusion of UNAMSIL, Ambassador Daudi Mwakawago talks about the success of the mission:

"Our troops, apart from just keeping the peace, making sure there is no fighting, have rehabilitated schools, courts, mosques, churches, roads, bridges, police posts and so on. On account of that, the people have seen the peacekeepers in the new light and that makes the success story of UNAMSIL."

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