Michael Holmes (Gastautor) 19.09.2007 18:40 +Feedback
“There aren’t a lot of offers from Europe”
"The head of U.N. peacekeeping operations said in an interview published Wednesday that he fears a shortage of helicopters, trucks and other transport equipment for a new U.N. force in Darfur. Jean-Marie Guehenno also criticized a shortage of support from Europe for a 26,000-strong force for the troubled Sudanese region, and said the U.N. will have trouble mustering the police force it wants.
“It’s true that there aren’t a lot of offers from Europe at the moment,” Guehenno told Le Monde newspaper. “The Nordics are ready to commit, but we don’t have concrete proposals for high-level engineering units — to dig wells, for example — or for transportation.” (..)
“We’ve received offers for most of its elements,” Guehenno said. “But we’ll have to see if these troops will have the needed equipment, especially for the first important waves to set up the mission without delay.”
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