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| An estimated 400,000 people fled violence afflicting the Darfur region of Sudan last year, more than the number of those displaced in the previous two years combined, the top United Nations peacekeeping official said Thursday in an appraisal that suggested the decade-old conflict there had taken a turn for the worse. | |
| “The peace process has progressed very slowly,” the official, Hervé Ladsous, under secretary general in charge of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, said in testimony to the United Nations Security Council. He said that basically every barometer of life worsened last year in Darfur, an area of western Sudan the size of France. | “The peace process has progressed very slowly,” the official, Hervé Ladsous, under secretary general in charge of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, said in testimony to the United Nations Security Council. He said that basically every barometer of life worsened last year in Darfur, an area of western Sudan the size of France. |
| The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur, a joint force known as Unamid that has been deployed in the region since 2007 and currently totals about 19,000 personnel, was targeted in a surge of armed assaults last year, including attacks on emergency aid workers that the force is responsible for protecting. Sixteen peacekeepers were killed, and Mr. Ladsous complained that none of the killers had been held accountable. | The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur, a joint force known as Unamid that has been deployed in the region since 2007 and currently totals about 19,000 personnel, was targeted in a surge of armed assaults last year, including attacks on emergency aid workers that the force is responsible for protecting. Sixteen peacekeepers were killed, and Mr. Ladsous complained that none of the killers had been held accountable. |
| “Unfortunately, it must be said, the government has not prosecuted the perpetrators despite promises made by the Sudan government to investigate and arrest those involved,” Mr. Ladsous told the Council. | “Unfortunately, it must be said, the government has not prosecuted the perpetrators despite promises made by the Sudan government to investigate and arrest those involved,” Mr. Ladsous told the Council. |
| Mr. Ladsous also said the humanitarian situation last year in Darfur “deteriorated significantly.” Malnutrition prevails above emergency levels throughout the region, less than 10 percent of the population of roughly six million has access to clean water and acceptable sanitation, and a third of the population receives international emergency aid. | Mr. Ladsous also said the humanitarian situation last year in Darfur “deteriorated significantly.” Malnutrition prevails above emergency levels throughout the region, less than 10 percent of the population of roughly six million has access to clean water and acceptable sanitation, and a third of the population receives international emergency aid. |
| “It is clear that the protracted displacement, food and security and a lack of basic services — all of these drive chronic vulnerabilities in the region,” Mr. Ladsous told the Council. | “It is clear that the protracted displacement, food and security and a lack of basic services — all of these drive chronic vulnerabilities in the region,” Mr. Ladsous told the Council. |
| Darfur became a worldwide household name in the early 2000s for genocidal killing and other atrocities largely committed by government-backed nomadic Arab militias enlisted to crush rebel groups in the region. Despite a 2006 peace agreement, the conflict has remained one of Africa’s most difficult. | Darfur became a worldwide household name in the early 2000s for genocidal killing and other atrocities largely committed by government-backed nomadic Arab militias enlisted to crush rebel groups in the region. Despite a 2006 peace agreement, the conflict has remained one of Africa’s most difficult. |
| According to the United Nations Human Rights Council, over 400,000 Darfuris were killed in the genocide and 2.5 million were displaced. The Sudanese government has disputed these figures. President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan has also rejected an International Criminal Court indictment of him in 2009 on charges of genocide and war crimes over the Darfur conflict. | According to the United Nations Human Rights Council, over 400,000 Darfuris were killed in the genocide and 2.5 million were displaced. The Sudanese government has disputed these figures. President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan has also rejected an International Criminal Court indictment of him in 2009 on charges of genocide and war crimes over the Darfur conflict. |