Humanitarian Access
Humanitarian Access
Humanitarian access is a specific legal term, referred to the ability by neutral humanitarian actors (such as the United Nations, the ICRC, and foreign or local NGOs), to enter an area during a conflict, to provide humanitarian aid as well as monitor and promote human rights. As of 2007, a region where humanitarian access is a problem is Darfur. Whether due to restrictions posed by the Government or by other parties to the conflict, or whether due to general insecurity, humanitarian... read more
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Arab League Joins Campaign for Sudan Aid Corridor
From Voice of America Dated 16 May 2012 STATE DEPARTMENT -- The Arab League has joined United Nations and African Union in pressing Sudan to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to the provinces of Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile, where aid agencies say more than 140,000 people...
Mali: Negotiating Humanitarian Access in the North
From AllAfrica.com Dated 1 May 2012 [IRIN] Dakar - Aid agencies in northern Mali...
Annan calls for humanitarian access in Syria
From France 24 Dated 13 April 2012 Syria must allow humanitarian access to aid those in need after 13 months of deadly violence, a spokesman for international peace mediator Kofi Annan said on Friday."Mr Annan is aware that we don't have a perfect situation in the country...
Sudan: North and South On the Brink of Catastrophic War
From AllAfrica.com Dated 13 April 2012 [Sudan Tribune] The price of a year's...
EU warns Mali unrest may lead to 'major' humanitarian crisis
From EUbusiness Dated 11 April 2012 The European Commission warned on Wednesday that northern Mali could face a "major humanitarian disaster" unless access is given for food and medicine.
US Wants Sudan to Open Humanitarian Access to Area
From Voice of America Dated 2 April 2012 International community, AU urge Khartoum to approve plan for humanitarian corridors as more than 140,000 new refugees flee
Fewer than half of Arab leaders attend Iraq summit
From Seattle Post Intelligencer Dated 29 March 2012 Fewer than half of Arab leaders attend Iraq summit BAGHDAD (AP) — Fewer than half the leaders of the Arab world showed up at an Arab summit in Baghdad on Thursday, a snub to the Iraqi government,...
Syria's nod to UN peace plan greeted with scepticism
From The Observer Dated 27 March 2012 Bashar al-Assad's acceptance of Kofi Annan plan treated with caution by UK's William Hague and US ambassador Robert FordSyria's acceptance of a UN-backed plan to end the country's bloody crisis has triggered sceptical responses and concern that Bashar al-Assad is...
Syria 'accepts Annan peace plan' - live updates
From The Observer Dated 27 March 2012 • Plan calls for end to bloodshed and humanitarian access • President Assad visits Babr Amr, in Homs • Free Syrian Army accused of using child soldiers Read the latest summary 5.05pm: ...
Violence Continues to Escalate in Southern Kordofan
From News Blaze Dated 25 March 2012 The United States reiterates its demand that the SAF end aerial bombardments of civilian areas and immediately allow unhindered humanitarian access to civilians in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile.
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