Summary:

It has been 3 years since the violence against civilians has uprooted millions of people in Darfur, yet the causes of the conflict remain unresolved.

www.savethechildren.org.uk/scuk/jsp/wherewework/country.jsp?ukww=ww§ion=ectrlafrica&subsection=sudan

It has been 3 years since the violence against civilians has uprooted millions of people in Darfur, yet the causes of the conflict remain unresolved.

Widespread violence and attacks on humanitarian organisations have worsened, continuing the displacement of civilians and impeding the delivery of essential services to the needy populations. The culture of impunity and lawlessness must stop and humanitarian organisations must be allowed to freely access affected areas and populations. The international community must increase and sustain a concerted high level political effort to exert maximum pressure on all parties in order to immediately come to political and humanitarian solutions.

The Darfur crisis has already impacted negatively on millions of children in Darfur, and if it is not resolved, it will have far reaching repercussions for many tens of thousands of children in the decades to come.

Previous News release items

• 24/01/2006: INDIA: Five years on from the Gujarat earthquake (24 January 2006)
• 24/01/2006: IRAQ: Children's hospital struggling in wake of bombing (24 January 2006)
• 24/01/2006: Inglaterra: Piden la total prohibición de pegar a los niños en el Reino Unido
• 24/01/2006: Méjico: Protestas indias en Calkiní por cierre de telesecundaria bilingüe
• 23/01/2006: ASIA TSUNAMI: Urgent need for improved shelters as quake-hit families endure winter in tents (23 January 2006)

Organisation Contact Details:

Save the Children UK
1 St John's Lane
London EC1M 4AR
Tel: + 44 20 7012 6400
Email: supporter.care@savethechildren.org.uk
Website: www.savethechildren.org.uk

Last updated 26/01/2006 05:45:47

Please note that these reports are hosted by CRIN as a resource for Child Rights campaigners, researchers and other interested parties. Unless otherwise stated, they are not the work of CRIN and their inclusion in our database does not necessarily signify endorsement or agreement with their content by CRIN.