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Sudan says to never reverse decision to expel NGOs
Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:22pm EDT
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States and several other members of the U.N. Security Council urged Sudan on Friday to reverse its decision to expel 13 foreign aid groups, but Khartoum's envoy said Sudan would never back down.
Sudan ordered the aid agencies out of Darfur after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir earlier this month over alleged war crimes in the western region. Sudan, which does not recognize the ICC, rejects the charge.
"We urge the international community to press the government of Sudan to reverse its expulsion edict and to ensure it does nothing to worsen an already grave situation," U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice told the 15-nation Security Council.
Rice said Bashir deserved most of the blame.
"President Bashir created this crisis," she said. "He should rectify it immediately."
Rice urged the council to unite to help the people of Darfur. As expected, the council took no action during the meeting but will return to the issue next week.
Without giving details, Rice told reporters after the meeting that Washington was consulting with council members and other U.N. member states on "appropriate next steps."
British, Austrian, Ugandan and several other envoys also appealed to Khartoum to rethink its position. They cited a bleak report on the humanitarian situation in Darfur from a senior U.N. humanitarian affairs official, Rashid Khalikov.
But the Chinese and Libyan delegates were more cautious, focusing on the negative impact of the ICC arrest warrant.
DEFIANT SUDAN
Khalikov told the council there were "significant signs of an erosion of humanitarian response capacity, with a concurrent impact on the lives of people in Darfur" since the 13 foreign and three domestic NGOs were expelled.
U.N. officials say the banished aid groups accounted for around half of the aid-distribution capacity in Darfur.
Sudanese envoy Mohamed Yousif Ibrahim Abdelmannan told the council that Khartoum would not back down.
"The decision of the government of Sudan is a legitimate sovereign decision which we will never reverse, and this should not be a issue for discussion," he said, adding that Khartoum had only expelled a small percentage of the NGOs.
Sudan has accused the NGOs of aiding the ICC in its investigation of Bashir, a charge the aid groups reject. Continued...
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