UN envoy calls for negotiated peace settlement in Sudan
24 August -- In the wake of the recent bombings in southern Sudan, Secretary-General Kofi Annan's envoy today underscored the need for a negotiated peace settlement in the country and urged the parties to redouble their efforts to seek a political solution.
"Any act of war which causes injury or loss of life to innocent civilians, which leads to people having to move away from where they live, losing their livelihoods, leading to internally displaced people, causing damage to property, and so on, is totally unacceptable. It must stop," Tom Eric Vraalsen, Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Humanitarian Affairs in the Sudan, said today in Nairobi, Kenya.
Mr. Vraalsen visited the Sudan earlier this week, where he met with Sudanese officials. The Special Envoy also contacted representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other humanitarian officials who participate in Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS), the umbrella organization which brings together NGOs and UN partner agencies conducting relief efforts in the country.
Meanwhile, there were reports of two aerial bombing incidents in southern Sudan on Tuesday, in Ikotos and Paluer. Operation Lifeline Sudan confirmed that 14 bombs had been dropped on Ikotos and three on Paluer. Some buildings were destroyed in the bombing of Ikotos and some bombs fell near the compound of one NGO, Norwegian Church Aid, that is affiliated with OLS. No casualties were reported.
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