Reply #17: Some success - Reuters reports: Sudan to allow some relief aid in Darfur

[karynnj]

A small amount of good news - though more is needed. (All 13 relief aid organizations were thrown out.)

Sudan has told the United States it will allow some aid back into its Darfur region, U.S. Senator John Kerry said on Thursday.

"Thanks to the leadership of the president's special envoy General Scott Gration and thanks to the willingness of the government here to engage in a new dialogue with us, some of that capacity for humanitarian assistance will be restored," Kerry told reporters after meeting senior members of the Sudanese government.

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"Today I emphasised, to all the leaders I met with, that a partial restoration of capacity is not sufficient," Kerry said.

"Time is of the essence to avert a humanitarian catastrophe."

http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE53F6CD20090416

Posted in LBN because it really is a big deal - http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3835303