Posted on 11/13/2004 11:14:18 AM PST by Cutterjohnmhb
NAIROBI, 12 Nov 2004 (IRIN) - The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Thursday it was temporarily withdrawing some international staff from South Darfur in western Sudan because authorities there had prevented the staff from performing their duties.
Jean-Marie Fakhouri, UNHCR's operations director for Sudan said the staff had been restricted to Nyala for nearly three weeks. The orders came from Sudanese officials following an incident on 20 October when UNHCR officials and other UN colleagues intervened to stop the involuntary relocation of internally displaced persons (IDPs), he said.
Sudanese authorities responded by restricting UNHCR staff to Nyala - a ban they initially said would be lifted on 6 November. The restrictions on three of the UNHCR's four international staff had, however, not been lifted by Wednesday. Three of them were relocated to El Geneina, West Darfur on Thursday, the UNHCR said in a statement.
I have yet to see a radical muslim nation abide by the rule of law, the radical followers of the Qur'an, do not believe in laws or rules of governance outside their hateful book.
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