It is unconscionable that the LRA is carrying out these vicious attacks on unarmed humanitarian worker,

It is unconscionable that the LRA is carrying out these vicious attacks on unarmed humanitarian worker.

The humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe is very serious. The need for international aid is big and growing.

We estimate that humanitarian agencies have access to about 350,000 vulnerable people in Darfur - only about one third of the estimated total population in need.

Although we have do not have adequate access to all parts of Darfur we do fortunately have humanitarian personnel, including staff from my own office, in each of the three provincial capitals of Darfur.

We are also assisting the refugees who have fled across the border to Chad. As many of them have been subject to attacks by militia crossing from Sudan, UNHCR is mounting a major logistical operation to establish camps and transfer refugees away from the border zone.