martes, 19 de mayo de 2009
While the Government of the United States of America reaffirmed its commitment to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement with an injection of money, Senator John Kerry announced that Sudan accepts the shipment of new foreign humanitarian groups to replace those expelled in March.
U.S. Senator John Kerry said that 16 of Sudan accepts the shipment of new groups of humanitarian aid to Darfur and other parts of the country, replacing the organizations out March 4.
After meetings with Sudanese officials, the spokesman for the international affairs committee of the senate of the United States of americastated that it would allow access to some humanitarian groups to warn that it is better to prevent worsening of the situation.
However, Kerry remarked that "a partial restoration of the capacity of humanitarian assistance is not enough." He added: "A humanitarian crisis is a humanitarian crisis."
Kerry met with Second Vice President Ali Osman Taha Sudanese and Nafi Nafi Presidential Assistant and has scheduled a meeting with the head of Sudanese intelligence, Salah Gosh.
The official news agency Sudan - SUNA reported a gradual normalization of relations between the two countries after the meeting.
Two days later, the Sudan Tribune announced that U.S. support of a guaranteed $ 25 million for the general election and democratic transition in Sudan.
The guarantee was signed on Sunday between the Sudanese Minister of International Cooperation, Al-Tigani Fidail, the head of the board of elections, Abel Alier, the Chargé d'affaires of the United States Alberto Fernandez and the director of the U.S. Agency International Development USAID in Sudan, William Hammink.
In the speech after the signing, Alier is committed to the National Elections Commission: "We will work hard to ensure the success of the upcoming elections," he said. He added that he hopes will be free and fair and a way of guaranteeing the rights of the parties involved.
For its part, the minister stressed that the Fidail contribution of $ 25 million is the first of a series of U.S. contributions to enable the technical and logistical support of the electoral commission. It also represents a part of the U.S. took in the conference in Oslo.
He also said the agreement is the first direct support of humanitarian non-United States of America to Sudan, and the indicator of the USA joined in support of the key elements of the Comprehensive Peace Agrrment (CPA) in Sudan, he stressed.
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