UN seeks aid for Sudanese refugees in Chad

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UN seeks aid for Sudanese refugees in Chad

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The United Nations has launched a new appeal for over 30 million US dollars to provide aid to Sudanese refugees in Chad during 2004, said statement from the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) issued hereSaturday.

Because of the ongoing conflict in Darfur, western Sudan, some 110,000 Sudanese refugees are estimated to have fled to Chad from fighting in the region, the Nairobi-based OCHA said.

The appeal seeks funding to provide immediate assistance to therefugees in Chad. In addition, the appeal aims to reinforce the coping mechanisms of the refugees and the host community members to make the refugees less dependent on humanitarian aid.

"This appeal may be revised based on assessments that are more detailed and in light of future developments related to the evolution of the humanitarian situation in the Darfur region," thestatement said.

The Sudanese civil war started as the Sudan People's LiberationArmy took up arms fighting for self-determination in the southern part of the country in 1983.

The conflict has left some two million people dead, mostly through war-induced famine and disease.

Source: Xinhua

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