And, at a press conference, he said that women should not roam around without male escorts.

The Government has been providing escorts and, where the food programme has justified it, relief convoys as well.

Next, and equally important, were requests for escorts and logistics, followed by infrastructure support and direct support in distributing relief assistance.

What kind of freedom of movement is there when children need military escorts to go to school? Of course, we are grateful for everything UNMIK and the Kosovo Force (KFOR) have done.

In some camps, the Government of the Sudan provides police escorts for women collecting firewood, which has led to a significant reduction in the number of attacks against women and girls outside the camps.

In some instances where some relief workers have unfortunately lost their lives as the result of being targeted by the few rebels remaining, those concerned had chosen not to ask for Government escorts, against the Government's advice.