Carter Center welcomes new regulations on humanitarian affairs
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Elisabeth Janaina
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Carter Center welcomes new regulations on humanitarian affairs
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The Carter Center
ATLANTA, Januarg 11, 2017 – The Carter Center welcomes the recent
regulations issued by the government of Sudan aimed at facilitating
humanitarian relief throughout the country and looks forward to
further discussions with the government and other stakeholders on the
specific rollout of the new directives.
The Carter Center, an impartial, non-governmental organization, works
to advance peace and public health in Sudan, with current health
activities focusing on fighting trachoma and river blindness. In
addition, the Center has worked for decades with the World Health
Organization, UNICEF, and Sudanese health authorities to eradicate
Guinea worm disease. By easing access to all parts of Sudan, the new
regulations offer the prospect that the International Commission for
Certification of Dracunculiasis Eradication (ICCDE), supported by the
WHO, may have the opportunity in 2017 to certify Sudan as officially
free of Guinea worm disease, a historic accomplishment. The Center
looks forward to the enhancement of all of its activities as the new
regulations take effect.
The Carter Center has worked in Sudan since the 1980s, as former U.S.
President Jimmy Carter worked personally to negotiate peace in the
Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005). Milestones include negotiation of the
1995 "Guinea worm cease-fire," which gave international health workers
almost six months of relative peace to enter areas of Sudan previously
inaccessible due to fighting, and the 1999 Nairobi Agreement between
Sudan and Uganda, in which the governments restored diplomatic
relations and pledged to stop supporting rebels acting against each
other’s governments. The Carter Center also observed elections in
Sudan in 2010 and the referendum on independence for South Sudan in
2011.
Contact: In Atlanta, Soyia Ellison, soyia....@cartercenter.org
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The Carter Center
"Waging Peace. Fighting Disease. Building Hope."
A not-for-profit, nongovernmental organization, The Carter Center has
helped to improve life for people in over 80 countries by resolving
conflicts; advancing democracy, human rights, and economic
opportunity; preventing diseases; and improving mental health care.
The Carter Center was founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy
Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, in partnership with
Emory University, to advance peace and health worldwide.
Visit our website CarterCenter.org | Follow us on Twitter
@CarterCenter | Like us on Facebook Facebook.com/CarterCenter | Watch
us on YouTube YouTube.com/CarterCenter | Add us to your circle on
Google+ http://google.com/+CarterCenter
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The Carter Center
ATLANTA, Januarg 11, 2017 – The Carter Center welcomes the recent
regulations issued by the government of Sudan aimed at facilitating
humanitarian relief throughout the country and looks forward to
further discussions with the government and other stakeholders on the
specific rollout of the new directives.
The Carter Center, an impartial, non-governmental organization, works
to advance peace and public health in Sudan, with current health
activities focusing on fighting trachoma and river blindness. In
addition, the Center has worked for decades with the World Health
Organization, UNICEF, and Sudanese health authorities to eradicate
Guinea worm disease. By easing access to all parts of Sudan, the new
regulations offer the prospect that the International Commission for
Certification of Dracunculiasis Eradication (ICCDE), supported by the
WHO, may have the opportunity in 2017 to certify Sudan as officially
free of Guinea worm disease, a historic accomplishment. The Center
looks forward to the enhancement of all of its activities as the new
regulations take effect.
The Carter Center has worked in Sudan since the 1980s, as former U.S.
President Jimmy Carter worked personally to negotiate peace in the
Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005). Milestones include negotiation of the
1995 "Guinea worm cease-fire," which gave international health workers
almost six months of relative peace to enter areas of Sudan previously
inaccessible due to fighting, and the 1999 Nairobi Agreement between
Sudan and Uganda, in which the governments restored diplomatic
relations and pledged to stop supporting rebels acting against each
other’s governments. The Carter Center also observed elections in
Sudan in 2010 and the referendum on independence for South Sudan in
2011.
Contact: In Atlanta, Soyia Ellison, soyia....@cartercenter.org
###
The Carter Center
"Waging Peace. Fighting Disease. Building Hope."
A not-for-profit, nongovernmental organization, The Carter Center has
helped to improve life for people in over 80 countries by resolving
conflicts; advancing democracy, human rights, and economic
opportunity; preventing diseases; and improving mental health care.
The Carter Center was founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy
Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, in partnership with
Emory University, to advance peace and health worldwide.
Visit our website CarterCenter.org | Follow us on Twitter
@CarterCenter | Like us on Facebook Facebook.com/CarterCenter | Watch
us on YouTube YouTube.com/CarterCenter | Add us to your circle on
Google+ http://google.com/+CarterCenter
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