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Press Conference


16 March 2009
Press Conference
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

PRESS CONFERENCE ON EXPULSION OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS FROM DARFUR


The expulsion of non-governmental organizations from Darfur would have a dramatic impact on the ability to provide humanitarian assistance there and in Sudan as a whole, John Holmes told correspondents today at Headquarters.

9 March 2009
Press Conference
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

PRESS CONFERENCE BY EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR ON SUDAN, SRI LANKA

 


The United Nations was continuing to press the Sudanese Government to reverse its decision to revoke the licences of 13 non-governmental organizations operating in northern Sudan, Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes said at Headquarters this afternoon.