UN report calls on Czech Republic to donate aircraft to peacekeepers in Sudan

A United Nations report has suggested that the Czech Republic is amongst the countries best placed to provide its peacekeepers in Sudan with new aircraft. The UN is urging India, Ukraine and the Czech Republic in particular to donate helicopters to its peacekeeping efforts in Darfur. The report says that while up to 300,000 people have died in the region during five years of war, no military transport or tactical helicopter has been deployed to patrol an area the size of France. The report suggests that countries such as the Czech Republic have helicopters ‘gathering dust in hangars’ which they could contribute to the UN’s efforts.