PRESS STATEMENT
4 October 2000 (Nairobi) – Contrary to
some misleading reports that the international community has
changed its assistance to Somalia, both the Chairman of the
SACB Executive Committee, Henrik Jespersen, and the UN
Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Randolph Kent, wish to
re-state the SACB’s longstanding position on the delivery of
aid to the country.
Aid programs are not political in nature. They are there to
ensure that people do not go hungry and that people over time
will have opportunities for employment, for education, for
better health, and to improve their lives in many different
ways.
...SACB partners
are seeking ways to expand projects that would support
peace, stability and good governance throughout the
country...
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To that end, the SACB will continue its
partnerships with all Somali authorities and it will also
continue dialogue with the Transitional National Government on
the possibilities of support for the future. Programs and
projects that were already agreed in various regions of
Somalia will continue as originally planned. At the same time,
the SACB partners are seeking ways to expand projects that
would support peace, stability and good governance throughout
the country as a whole.
Through dialogue and presence across Somalia, the SACB will
remain transparent and open in its dealings with all parties
concerned.
The SACB is comprised of donors, UN agencies, and
non-governmental organizations.
For more information, please contact:
Maura Barry
Head of SACB Secretariat
Tel: +254 2 440896 / 441225
Fax: +254 2 442438
Sonya Laurence Green
Information Officer
UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia
Tel: +254 2 448434
Fax: +254 2 448439
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