Darfur / UNAMID Media Brief
EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, May 27, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — UNAMID Media Brief /2011-05-26
Humanitarian assistance to remote areas in North Darfur
The humanitarian initiative to deliver assistance to remote areas throughout North Darfur, dubbed Operation Spring Basket, reached the villages of Tine and Kaguro.
The mission, lead by UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and UNAMID, today visited Tine to assess the humanitarian situation and deliver assistance. A vaccination campaign was carried out by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the North Darfur Ministry of Health.
On 25 May, a team travelled to Kaguro where the WHO delivered medical supplies to an International NGO operating in the area. This action is a part of a national campaign to vaccinate 9,000 children against measles.
UNAMID, UN Agencies to assist displaced in Khor Abeche affected by heavy rains
UNAMID and UN Agencies are working to provide necessary assistance, following heavy rains on 23 May, to 64 households of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Khor Abeche. The IDPs have been sheltered outside UNAMID’s Team Site since December 2010.
Movement restrictions
During the period of 19 to 25 May, UNAMID recorded a total of seven restrictions on its patrols including two cases where UNAMID managed to proceed after negotiations. All were imposed in South Darfur by the Government of the Sudan.
UNAMID patrols
UNAMID military conducted 117 patrols including routine, short-range, long-range, night and humanitarian escort patrols covering 120 villages and IDP camps.
UNAMID police advisors conducted 123 patrols in villages and IDP camps.
SOURCE
United Nations – African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID)
