Geneva -- U.S. officials see the possibility for growing disaster in refugee camps on the border of Chad and the Sudanese region of Darfur, and an increased number of deaths in the final months of 2004.
The international community has had difficulty providing sustained assistance to the more than 2 million people in the region affected by the conflict due to ongoing insecurity, seasonal rains and poor access. Speaking at a Geneva news conference Ocotober 4, U.S. aid official William Garvelink said the endurance of the refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) is likely to wane by year's end.
Geneva conference hears of consequences of aid shortfall
Geneva -- "The crisis in Darfur has not yet peaked, and we have not yet seen the worst," William Garvelink, senior deputy assistant administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), told a press conference in Geneva October 4. (complete text)
Annan picks five jurists to look into violations of international law
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan announces the establishment of an international commission of inquiry to determine whether acts of genocide have occurred in the Darfur region of Sudan. He names five international jurists to serve on the panel. (complete text)
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A girl drinks a bowl of water drawn from a hole dug in the sand of a wadi (dry riverbed) at a makeshift camp for internally displaced people near Seleah village in Sudan's West Darfur province, Sept. 27, 2004. (AP)
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