Fast Track Procedures

Higher Committee for Coordinating Humanitarian Aid in Darfur Approves Fast Track Procedures. The Higher Committee for Coordinating Humanitarian Aid in Darfur met Wednesday under chairmanship of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Dr. Haroun Lual Ron Deng, and the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Sudan, Ms. Ameerah Haq, and approved a number of procedures in the fast track to facilitate and enhance the delivery of humanitarian aid for Darfur. In a press statement after the meeting, the Commissioner General for Humanitarian Aid, Hassabu Mohamed Abdul-Rahman, said that the committee will hold a meeting with the international organizations operating in Darfur which number 200-210 to acquaint them with the new work procedures and the decision of the renewing the fast track which was issued Tuesday by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs for a period of one year that ends on January 31st, 2009. Hassabu said that the meeting discussed a report of the joint technical committee which includes representatives of the Unified Procedures Complex, the UN agencies and national and international organizations. He indicated that the report covered the period from last October till January 31st, adding that the committee got acquainted on the new developments in the procedures. The meeting appreciated the unified complex role and the facilities being provided by it to the organizations with regard to the customs, work, passports and exemptions. The Commissioner General for Humanitarian Aid said that agreement was reached on the continuity of the joint assessment of the organizations operating in Darfur through the annual and technical reports and the field teams. Hassabu indicated that the coming meeting of the higher committee will be in the third week of next February, explaining that the committee will pay visits to the three states of Darfur. He said that the meeting was attended by a representative of the Sudanese Red Crescent on behalf of the national organizations, the British Ambassador as representative of the Western donors and the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates as representative of the Arab donors. Meanwhile, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Sudan, Ms. Ameerah Haq, appreciated renewing of the fast track, saying that the UN welcomes the extension. It is to be recalled that the Higher Committee for Coordination of Humanitarian Aid in Darfur was established in the year 2004 following issuance of the joint communiqué which was signed by Sudan government and the United Nations.

 

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