UN Statement on Inability to Ensure Free Movement of Aid

The United Nations — African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), which is mandated under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter “to ensure the security and freedom of movement of its own personnel and humanitarian workers,” issued on Wednesday the following statement:“A humanitarian assistance mission planned by a UN agency to the east Jebel Marra areas of Golobai, Jawa and Deribat could not be conducted for the third time in recent weeks. Lack of timely security clearance from the Sudanese authorities and logistical constraints for the airlifting of the necessary protection force are the cause of these successive delays.”