UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council voted Friday to end its political mission of a few hundred people dedicated to ending the civil war in Sudan.
Russia abstained from the unanimous vote to end UNITAMS, the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan.
The conflict has wrecked the country and forced more than 6 million people out of their homes, either to safer areas inside Sudan or to neighboring countries.
Political Cartoons View All 1277 ImagesUnited Nations officials say that the U.N. will keep trying to help Sudanese people with the continuing presence of various humanitarian agencies.
“What is clear and what should be clear to everyone is that the United Nations is not leaving Sudan,” U.N. spokesman Stéphane Dujarric told reporters on Thursday.
Persons:
Robert Wood, ” U.N, Stéphane Dujarric, Cameron Hudson, ” Hudson
Organizations:
UNITED NATIONS, United Nations Security, United Nations, United, Rapid Support Forces, Sudanese, U.S ., Center for Strategic, International Studies
Locations:
Sudan, Russia, United States, Khartoum, United, U.S, Africa