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July 31 , 2008

Troops die on ground in Darfur as UN helicopters perform at shows 31/07-2008 10:07 (The Independent (UK))

Helicopters desperately needed by peacekeepers in Darfur are flying in air shows and sitting in hangars across Europe, according to a new report.

Support for Darfur mission urged 31/07-2008 10:09 (BBC)

The international community has been accused of failing to provide basic equipment vital to the peacekeeping mission in Sudan's Darfur region.

Advocacy group pushes for helicopters for Darfur 31/07-2008 10:18 (Associated Press)

A Darfur advocacy group complained Wednesday that nations aren't doing enough to help the U.N. peacekeeping mission for the stricken Sudanese region, urging them to provide helicopters and other equipment needed to protect civilians.

Aid groups urge helicopters for Darfur 31/07-2008 10:15 (Agence France-Presse)

A new report has identified 140 aircraft as suitable to aid struggling UN peacekeeping efforts in Darfur, urging India, Ukraine and NATO countries in particular to donate helicopters without delay.

Activists urge world to send helicopters to Darfur 31/07-2008 10:13 (Reuters)

The world could easily provide helicopters needed by Darfur peacekeepers and NATO states alone could provide over six times the number required, Darfur campaigners said in a report on Thursday.

Activists call on ČR to provide helicopters for Darfur 31/07-2008 10:12 (Prague Daily Monitor)

World personalities Wednesday criticised the international community, naming particularly five countries including the Czech Republic, for not having provided helicopters for the peacekeeping mission i Darfur, Sudan.

UN to renew Darfur peacekeeping mandate 31/07-2008 10:11 (Financial Times)

The UN Security Council is set to renew a mandate for peacekeepers in Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur region on Thursday in a resolution calling for redoubled efforts to end a five-year humanitarian disaster.

Darfur Peacekeepers Need Helicopters, World Aid, Groups Say 31/07-2008 10:10 (Bloomberg)

The international community has let down peacekeepers in Sudan's western region of Darfur by failing to equip them to help end the five-year conflict there, more than 30 rights groups said.

US Lawmakers Urge Support for Darfur Peacekeepers 31/07-2008 10:19 (Voice of America News)

Members of the U.S. Congress are debating a measure calling on governments to step up assistance to the United Nations/African Union Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur. VOA's Dan Robinson reports, in the debate and in separate legislation approved by the House, China's role in Sudan also came up.

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Action Professionals Association for the People

Aegis Trust Rwanda

African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies

African Center for Development

African Center for Justice and Peace Studies

Africa Internally Displaced Persons Voice (Africa IDP Voice)

African Security Dialogue and Research (ASDR)

African Women's Development and Communications Network (FEMNET)

The Ahueni Foundation

Alliances for Africa

Amman Centre for Human Rights Studies

Andalus Institute for Tolerance

Anti-Slavery International

Arab Coalition for Darfur

Arab Program for Human Rights Activists

Association Africaine de Defense des Droits de l'Homme (ASADHO)

Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies

Centre for Minority Rights Development (CEMIRIDE)

Centre for Research Education and Development of Freedom of Expression and Associated Rights (CREDO)

Citizens for Global Solutions

Conscience International

Conseil National Pour les Libertés en Tunisie

Darfur Alert Coalition (DAC)

Darfur Centre for Human Rights and Development

Darfur Leaders Network (DLN)

Darfur Reconciliation and Development Organization (DRDO)

Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre

East Africa Law Society

Egyptian Organization for Human Rights

Femmes Africa Solidarité

La Fédération Internationale des Droits de l'Homme (FIDH)

Forum of African Affairs (FOAA)

Human Rights First

Human Rights Institute of South Africa (HURISA)

Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa

Institute for Security Studies

Inter-African Union for Human Rights (UIDH)

Interights

International Commission of Jurists (ICJ Kenya)

International Refugee Rights Initiative

Justice Africa

Justice and Peace Commission

Lawyers for Human Rights

Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections

Legal Resources Consortium-Nigeria

Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme

Makumira University College, Tumaini University

Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)

Minority Rights Group

National Association of Seadogs

Never Again International

Open Society Justice Initiative

Pan-African Movement

Rencontre Africaine Pour la Defense des Droits de l'Homme (RADDHO)

Sierra Leone STAND Chapter

Sisters' Arabic Forum for Human Rights (SAF)

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP)

Sudan Organization Against Torture (SOAT)

Syrian Organization for Human Rights

Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)

Universal Human Rights Network

WARIPNET

Women Initiative Nigeria (WIN)