Mercy Corps and Mercy Corps Scotland wish to clarify statements made by John Holmes, the U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, on Thursday 11 June 2009 relating to the return of expelled humanitarian relief agencies to Sudan.
Contrary to Mr Holmes' comments, Mercy Corps, which was expelled from Northern Sudan in early March 2009, is not resuming operations in Northern Sudan. Mercy Corps Scotland, a UK based charity, has registered to work in Sudan. Mercy Corps Scotland is very pleased that the Government of Sudan has approved and welcomed this registration.
Mercy Corps Scotland is an independently registered organisation in Scotland and will be operating seperately in Sudan.
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For more information, please contact Ross Hornsey, Mercy Corps Scotland Communications Manager:
+44 (0)7917 532 954 /rhornsey@uk.mercycorps.org
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Sudanese police inspect an office of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) in the capital Khartoum May 25, 2009. A bomb was left outside a Khartoum office of the SPLM on ...
