Sudan repeats vaccination campaign should be under its supervision
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June 25, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The foreign ministry reiterated Monday its
position that a Polio vaccination campaign for children in rebel held
areas should be fully carried out under the supervision of the
Sudanese government.
Since last April, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the
World Health Organization (WHO) proposed to the warring parties in
South Kordofan and Blue Nile to carry out a polio vaccination and
Vitamin A distribution campaign for about 150,000 children under the
age of five years.
Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) said this campaign
should be conducted from outside Sudan and proposed Ethiopia and
Kenya. The rebel group also refused to involve Sudanese aid workers
saying they are infiltrated by the security service.
The foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday they officially
reaffirmed to the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator
in Sudan, Mr. Ali Al-Za’tari, the position of the Sudanese government
over this campaign.
Abu Bakr Siddiq Al-Amin, spokesperson of the ministry, on Monday said
they renewed Sudan’s keenness t to vaccinate children and its
commitment to reach an agreement with the UN agencies allowing to
carry out this campaign.
The Sudanese Foreign Ministry ,in its letter to the UN representative
, stressed on the importance of taking into account, in any agreement
in this respect, "Sudan’s sovereignty over its territory and the
government’s responsibility for its citizens", he said.
Al-Amin further said that UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian
Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, explained
during her visit to Sudan last May that "the SPLM-N is hampering the
implementation of the Trilateral Initiative to address the
humanitarian situation in South Kordofan and Blue Nile".
Sudan and the SPLM-N failed last April in a meeting organised by the
African Union mediation, to make any progress in the talks for a
peaceful solution to the two year conflict in South Kordofan and Blue
Nile.
They also continue to disagree on the humanitarian access to the
civilians in the rebel held areas, as the rebels refuse the
participation of the government’s humanitarian body in this operation
and Khartoum, on the other hand, say they want to use this aid to feed
their fighters.
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