¡¡¡¡NAIROBI, June 27 (Xinhuanet) -- The international medical humanitarian organization Medicins Sans Frontiers (MSF or doctors without borders) on Friday called on the Kenyan government to issue an exemption of the flight ban to Somalia in order to resume all humanitarian flights.

¡¡¡¡The flight ban introduced recently by the Kenyan government forall flights to Somalia from Kenya is severely hampering humanitarian assistance, the MSF said in a statement issued here Friday.

¡¡¡¡"Assistance for health, nutrition, water and other basic services for the most vulnerable people in Somalia is almost completely dependent on transports from Nairobi," the MSF said.

¡¡¡¡"Even more critical is the effect the flight ban will have on MSF's ability to respond to medical emergencies in the country," it said.

¡¡¡¡Kenya has taken a series of security measures since the weekendin response to the continuing terrorist threat in the country.

¡¡¡¡One of the measures is that the government has banned all flights to Somalia and closed Kenyan airspace to planes from the neighboring country since June 21.

¡¡¡¡"Unless flights resume quickly, ongoing MSF humanitarian assistance programs in Somalia, including services in three hospitals and 14 health centers, will be disrupted," the MSF said.

¡¡¡¡However, the MSF disclosed that "so far, requests by MSF for such an exemption have not been granted (by the Kenyan government)."

¡¡¡¡The MSF, founded in 1971 and based in Brussels, Belgium, composed of physicians and other members of the medical profession,aims to provide medical assistance to victims of war and natural disasters in the world. Enditem ¡¡