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 are refusing to provide the mission with enough helicopters for it to operate. The Czech Republic, Ukraine, India, Italy, Romania and Spain come in for particular criticism because these countries alone are capable of providing 71 helicopters. The report notes that the UNATO Member States could provide 104, noting that not a single one of the 18 helicopters required for the hybrid force has yet been supplied, but some 350 helicopters have been provided for Iraq. Written by aviation expert Thomas Withington, the report bases its calculation on triple rotation (for every helicopter deployed, two more have to be available). It points out that helicopters are not the only resource the mission is short of - it is also lacking basic equipment like boots, helmets and rations. (A.By transl fl)