Sudan: Darfur Water Conference Appeals for Donors

press release

In preparation for the Darfur International Conference on Water for Sustainable Peace, set to take place in Khartoum from 27 to 28 June, 2011, a briefing for donors and media was held yesterday at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

UNAMID Deputy Joint Special Representative for Operations and Management, Mohamed B. Yonis, accompanied by the UNICEF Representative for Sudan, Nils Kastberg, UNEP Sudan's Program Manager, Robin Bovey, and the Head of a consortium of international NGOs operating in Sudan, Mark Simmons, explained the role of water as a potential instrument of peace in Darfur.

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