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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9716

2 August 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/darfur/un
UNAMID operation in Darfur still lacking basic equipment and helicopters

Brussels, 01/08/2008 (Agence Europe) - A coalition of thirty non-governmental human rights organisations like the International Crisis Group and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights has published a report on the first anniversary of the deployment of the United Nations and African Union hybrid peace-keeping operation in Darfur (UNAMID). Entitled 'Grounded: the International Community's Betrayal of UNAMID', the report deplores the fact that despite resources at their disposal, UN countries...