Darfur / UNAMID Daily Media Brief
EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, September 24, 2009/African Press Organization (APO)/ — UNAMID Daily Media Brief / 2009-09-24
Security situation in Darfur
The security situation in Darfur is relatively calm, but unpredictable. UNAMID continues to monitor related developments.
In the last 24 hours, UNAMID military forces conducted 106 patrols including routine, short and long range, night, humanitarian escort, and logistics and administration patrols in villages and internally displaced persons (IDP) camps. UNAMID police advisors conducted 158 patrols in the villages and IDP camps.
UNAMID continues to urge for an end to violence in Korma
The UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) continues to urge for an end to the clashes between the Government of Sudan and rebel movements in Korma, North Darfur.
UNAMID remains concerned about the impact of the clashes on civilians and of the consequences to the humanitarian situation in the area. Reports of the ensuing civilian casualties are deeply disturbing and UNAMID emphasizes that a peaceful solution to the conflict in Darfur can only be realized through negotiation and political means.
The responsibility of UNAMID to protect civilians under threat of attack and to ensure effective access for humanitarian assistance to those in need overarches any premise for this recent outburst of fighting in Darfur.
SOURCE
United Nations – African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID)
