SG/SM/10404-AFR/1359-IHA/1181

SECRETARY-GENERAL REGRETS RELIEF COORDINATOR DENIED DARFUR ENTRY, WILL TAKE UP MATTER WITH SUDAN’S PRESIDENT

4 April 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10404
AFR/1359
IHA/1181
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL REGRETS RELIEF COORDINATOR DENIED DARFUR ENTRY,


WILL TAKE UP MATTER WITH SUDAN ’S PRESIDENT


The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:


The Secretary-General regrets that the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Jan Egeland, was not permitted by the Government of Sudan to visit Darfur.


The pressing and urgent humanitarian requirements of Darfur are a priority for the United Nations and coordination efforts to sustain this large programme were at the centre of Mr. Egeland’s visit.


The Secretary-General will be seeking to speak to President Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir on this matter.


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