| On Friday, the council voted to speed up planning for a UN peacekeeping force to be sent to Darfur to relieve underfinanced African Union troops. |
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| The victims are the African tribal groups of Darfur, primarily the Fur, the Massaleit, and the Zaghawa. |
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| Bashir has put conditions on a UN peacekeeping force to bolster the underfinanced 7,000 African Union troops, now in Darfur. |
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| Unfortunately, this focus on Darfur only highlights the lack of attention being paid to other crises in Africa. |
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| Sudan's minister of energy and mining announced last week the discovery of an oilfield in Darfur with abundant deposits. |
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| Powell said the deal could help end the ethnic slaughter in Darfur, which the United States government has declared a genocide. |
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| More than two million other people from Darfur are in extreme destitution, immediately requiring aid. |
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| Pressure has been mounting for greater Western involvement to end violence and a humanitarian crisis in Darfur. |
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| As if the people of Darfur, in western Sudan, didn't have enough to contend with, now there's the prospect of a plague of locusts. |
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| If such a plan is truly in the works, it will have dire consequences for the people of Darfur. |
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| There is real concern that the situation in Darfur could derail the north-south peace deal. |
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| He praises the president for his action on Darfur, but laments the tardy and inadequate response to the overall situation. |
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| The troops were airlifted to Darfur to protect unarmed military observers monitoring a ceasefire between government forces and rebels. |
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| The White House is already threatening sanctions against Sudan if militia attacks in Darfur continue. |
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| As governor of Darfur, al-Tayeb Ibrahim made a point of praising the Fur for their piety and took lessons in the Fur language. |
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| A woman winnows salvaged grain she has collected off the ground, following a food distribution in the El Meshtel camp in Darfur. |
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| Now, Canadians and parliamentarians, with one voice, are having a late debate tonight over our very deep concern about Darfur. |
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| Despite the efforts of the two Special Envoys, the political process for Darfur appears to be at a standstill. |
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| With a slow genocide underway in Darfur, and Kosovo on the boil again, this is not a desirable message. |
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| Those efforts are central to the pursuit of peace in Darfur, and the Security Council cannot give up on that goal. |
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| On 28 May, a Government of the Sudan Antonov aeroplane conducted aerial reconnaissance over Umm Hosh, Anka and Umm Rai in Western Darfur. |
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| Tragically, it is the longsuffering civilians of Darfur who continue to bear the brunt of this fighting. |
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| The arduously negotiated Abuja peace agreement offers a balanced and forward-looking framework for peace in Darfur. |
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| The referral of the Darfur situation by the Security Council to the ICC is an important test case in this regard. |
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| This highlights another challenge of the present arms embargo, which is imposed only on Darfur: movements into Darfur are unrestricted. |
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| In Darfur, the Fur, Zaghawa, and Massaleit peoples have been targeted by the Sudan government, as were Muslims in Bosnia. |
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| It is time for the world to stop talking about the tragedy that is unfolding in Darfur, and it is time for action to stop this genocide. |
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| The UN Security Council continues to be seized with the conflict in the Sudan in general, and the crisis in Darfur in particular. |
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| He also met some representatives of the non-signatories to the Darfur Peace Agreement, as well as internally displaced person representatives. |
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| Secondly, it was said during the meeting that the Darfur Peace Agreement was on the verge of collapse. |
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| This year, a key media event was the press conference held by the Office of the Prosecutor to announce a second case in the situation in Darfur. |
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| A young girl plays with a skipping rope in a camp for internally displaced persons in West Darfur. |
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| The humanitarian community strongly urged the Council not to consider cannibalizing UNMIS for any future operation in Darfur. |
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| During my visits to Darfur, I found a genuine desire for peace amongst all spectrums of the population. |
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| It is important that Canada play a role in pressuring other nations to do their part to make the situation in Darfur a better situation. |
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| That is why we are here this evening, to sound the alarm, to break the silence, to have an action plan to save Darfur. |
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| A workshop for mid-ranking leaders was held in West Darfur from 25 November to 5 December 2006 and training was given to policewomen. |
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| Rebel disunity and the independence of individual field commanders have drastically exacerbated insecurity in Darfur. |
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| Bahar Idriss Abu Garda is the latest suspect to be sought by the Court in relation to the situation in Darfur, Sudan. |
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| When I reload Darfur is Dying, for example, Poni is ghosted out, unable to select, dead. |
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| That the rebels have sheltered in and launched attacks from villages in Darfur is a matter of record. |
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| It promised to be a point of departure towards resumption of calm in the region of Darfur. |
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| That the rebel movements have wittingly or unwittingly drawn air attacks upon the civilian population in Darfur is a matter of record. |
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| In the final analysis, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement cannot be fully successful without peace in Darfur. |
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| China would like to express its gratitude to Special Envoys Eliasson and Salim for their efforts to promote the political process in Darfur. |
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| Prior to his concert, Youssou organised a protest march through the streets of Montreux, campaigning for an end to the conflict in Darfur. |
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| He shuttles between Khartoum and his stronghold in North Darfur, supping and chatting with security people. |
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| Rwanda, Darfur, Pakistan, Iraq, Indonesia, Burma, Haiti, Kashmir, even New Orleans. |
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| The serious deterioration in the situation and the consequent political instability in Chad continued to loom over the Darfur peace process. |
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| The Darfur region straddles the North and the South, so the two-party framework for the peace talks was inadequate. |
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| His Excellency the President of the Republic recently entrusted me with the Darfur file. |
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| Nevertheless, carjacking incidents increased significantly in Northern Darfur, in particular in El Fasher. |
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| The NAACP monitored this implementation while working on legislation aimed at halting the atrocities in Darfur, the Sudan. |
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| The region of Tultul, in Western Darfur, 15 kilometers from the town of Beida, was attacked with heavy weapons by a Chadian military unit. |
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| We do not need unilateral actions like the invasion in Iraq, but active commitment in Darfur with the help of the Security Council. |
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| Mr Bashir faces a south anxious for independence, an election in April and conflict in the western region of Darfur that borders on Chad. |
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| As in Myanmar, so too in Darfur, western governments failed to make much of a dent in the human rights situation. |
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| He went on to note that to date the investigation was continuing without let-up outside Darfur. |
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| This turn of events could easily provoke greater violent action by IDPs against the AU and its personnel in Darfur. |
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| At the same time, there is much the protagonists in Darfur can learn through the successful implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. |
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| The human tragedy that is the crisis in Darfur is a new blot in the copybook for the international community. |
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| There are now indictments being laid against perpetrators of these acts in Darfur. |
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| Most of the humanitarian assistance that China has provided to Darfur, totalling 80 million yuan renminbi, has been delivered and distributed. |
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| The ethnic cleansing and organised genocide of the people in Darfur has claimed at least 300,000 lives over the past three years. |
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| Tissi, on the border with Sudan's South Darfur and the CAR, lies in scrubland 800km from N'Djamena. |
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| Large quantities of arms have been carried into Darfur in defiance of the Security Council decision taken in July. |
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| Expressing thanks and appreciation to the State of Qatar for its active role and the efforts deployed to make peace talks for Darfur successful. |
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| One thing is clear, however: the African Union cannot bear the burden of Darfur alone. |
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| Human Rights Watch spent 25 days in West Darfur and the vicinity, documenting abuses in rural areas that were previously populated by Masalit and Fur communities. |
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| If Darfur has taught us anything, it is that cooking fuel is anything but a side issue. |
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| Now, dignitaries and community representatives from around West Darfur had all quieted down to listen to her speech. |
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| For instance, to urgently to enforce the no-fly zone in Darfur would be an obvious first action point. |
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| The highly independent Fur group, who have been ruled by the sultan of Darfur since 1916, have revolted with the Zaghawa, Masalit and other tribes in reaction to this. |
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| We made progress on the situation in Darfur, and beat the drum on climate change. |
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| The EU is also concerned about the increasing acts of banditry which further complicate the provision of humanitarian assistance in Darfur. |
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| Satellite photos of Darfur show landscapes devoid of people and livestock, dotted with ashen rings of burned-down huts. |
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| It is all very well to lecture China on its failure to act over Darfur, but in this case the EU is as weak-willed as the rest. |
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| The European Parliament should exert pressure on international opinion so that Darfur may cease to be a symbol of violence and abuse. |
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| Let there be no doubt, what we are seeing in Darfur is genocide in slow motion. |
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| The mission has continued to conduct resupply convoys in Darfur without incident. |
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| Mr. Chair, we are hearing a lot of talk tonight and nobody is in disagreement about the depth of the problem in Darfur. |
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| Since March, 60,000 people have arrived in Tissi on foot and donkey, fleeing a new outbreak of ethnic violence in Darfur, to the east. |
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| The star of Ocean's Eleven has campaigned for liberal causes in the US and human-rights causes abroad, notably in Darfur. |
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| If not addressed, it will continue to pose a threat to the stability of Darfur. |
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| During his mission to Darfur, the independent expert visited two model villages for returnees, in North and in West Darfur. |
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| Most defendants in Darfur in general have no access to lawyers to assist them in their defence. |
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| The international community and the Sudanese people are at a critical juncture in Darfur. |
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| As the debate over the Darfur case heats up, ad hominem attacks are on the rise. |
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| His call for urgent action to address the crisis in Darfur should resonate all the way from this Chamber to the presidential palace in Khartoum. |
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| Another official has been appointed Chairman of the Darfur Land Commission. |
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| The vastness of Darfur is such that even a large force will not be in a position to have an effective presence everywhere. |
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| Dr. Agbo immunizes one of more than 700 children against polio, during the recent assessment mission in North Darfur. |
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| The recent humanitarian crisis in Darfur was a sad reminder of the urgency of the task. |
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| A woman's investigation bureau has been established in the state of South Darfur. |
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| That is an integrated way to resolve the Darfur crisis, and the international community must work together to promote it. |
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| In 2006, that policy had been reviewed in order to facilitate the situation of humanitarian workers in Darfur. |
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| But Sudan has so far resisted a large UN deployment in Darfur, where an undermanned, under-equipped African Union peacekeeping force is struggling. |
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| The World Health Organization has mounted emergency immunization campaigns for cholera, measles and polio to try to head off the worst effects of these diseases in Darfur. |
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| Unfortunately the rebel factions chose to paralyze the process and the objectives of attaining lasting peace in Darfur. |
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| Their departure plays right into the hands of the Sudanese government and its continued attempt to terrorize the people of Darfur. |
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| They are as hungry, poorly educated and diseased as the ill-starred people of Darfur. |
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| We could all be doing something useful, like going to Darfur, so let's not get overwrought. |
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| Today there is another crisis brewing next door to Darfur, in Chad, which is west of Darfur. |
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| The AU says it may consider sending more. While western countries dawdle, this may be all the peacekeeping Darfur will get. |
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| Moreover, the Council was on thin ice because it could hardly agree on anything, including the reports on Darfur. |
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| The U.S. can also provide more backing for the african union, whose troops are already on the front lines in Somalia and Darfur. |
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| Satellite Sentinel has offered indelible digital evidence of attacks in Abyei, Blue Nile, Darfur, and South Kordofan. |
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| Why aren't the liberal classes up in arms about Zimbabwe and Darfur? |
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| According to the United Nations, 215,000 people were displaced by violence in Darfur in the first 11 weeks of this year. |
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| Antonella Napoli, president of the NGO Italians for Darfur, said Italy played a major role in her release. |
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| He has campaigned on behalf of Darfur and wrote about the plight of newly independent South Sudan for The Daily Beast. |
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| The lack of security that now characterizes Darfur is threatening to impede the work of humanitarian organizations. |
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| The UN has quit updating its Darfur death tolls and even experts on the conflict are hard pressed to provide accurate estimates. |
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| With regard to Darfur, we should also be aware that when we talk about divestment, we must address direct and indirect investment. |
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| In conclusion, there is still a long way to go to improve the security situation in Darfur. |
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| He talked about training and getting a multinational civilian force together to go in and address some of the issues on the ground in Darfur. |
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| Indeed, we have to remain hopeful that today's special session on Darfur will yield some positive results. |
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| For many, particularly, the young, it is heady stuff. Darfur may also have benefited from the elections, albeit obliquely. |
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| Yet again and after only a short period of time, we are meeting to hear about things going from bad to worse in Darfur. |
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| Military aircraft should be grounded in Darfur and the disarmament process of the militia speeded up. |
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| It also allowed humanitarian aid into the Darfur region and called for talks to resume with the dissident groups. |
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| Vaccination coverage was alarmingly low in North Darfur but not in Blue Nile. |
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| Emergency powers in Darfur must not be used to justify abuses of fundamental human rights. |
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| Clearly in Darfur, would the member not agree that the threshold of this document has been met for a meaningful intervention? |
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| We must be very careful and throw our support behind the peace talks that are going on right now in Darfur. |
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| The ethnic conflicts, in Chad as in Darfur, between long-settled landowning groups and newcomers with no traditional rights to land. |
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| We were asked by these young people to scream and to shout out for the voiceless victims in Darfur. |
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| In implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement signed at Abuja, a general amnesty was declared for members of the movements that signed the Agreement. |
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| We know that they and all of us in the United States hope that this resolution will contribute to an end to the violence in Darfur and to a successful resolution of the Abuja peace process. |
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| The Movements had, for sometime, sought to even link their further participation in the Abuja Talks to the trial of those considered guilty of human rights violations in Darfur. |
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| The Darfur Peace Agreement was signed on 5 May 2006 in Abuja, Nigeria, and the effort to bring other combatant groups into the peace process continue. |
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| The death toll is higher there than in Sudan's other warzone, Darfur. |
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| Also, the peace settlement does not apply to west Darfur, since Arab nomads and solders have driven out most of the black population to neighbouring Chad. |
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| The operation would be more effective in supporting the reform of Sudanese police services in Darfur if it were provided with specific authorization in this regard through its mandate. |
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| The AU simply does not have the capacity to end the violence and protect the people of Darfur, but until a stronger UN force can be deployed, they are the only game in town. |
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| He is a Somalian Canadian working under the UN auspices in Darfur. |
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| No matter how modest or dramatic the outcome of the next round of talks, the international community must rally around the parties to support any steps towards a peaceful solution to the crisis in Darfur. |
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| Five cases of cattle rustling have been reported this month in South Darfur, and fighting was reported between rival Habania and Burgo tribesman in Nadeef and involving Daghou tribesman in Ishma on 10 February. |
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| Despite condemnations by the international community of these acts against AMIS and NGOs, armed groups in Darfur have continued with these attacks. |
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| The Assembly has made its mark by expressing itself forcefully on Darfur in Vienna, by scorning taboos to apportion blame and by proposing a road map designed to end the crisis. |
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| In Darfur, however, the conflict rages on, with civilians being targeted. |
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| This clearly shows that the conflict in Darfur is not ethnic in the least, but even rages among members of tribes of the same origin as indicated above. |
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| This would be akin to the ICC's current Darfur case, and that case provides precedent for the ICC indicting a sitting head of state, in this case Omar al-Bashir. |
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| It is also worth noting that the AMIS operation in Darfur was ab initio conceived and executed in the spirit of partnership with the international community. |
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| The NAACP has also participated in letter writing campaigns to the United States President, members of the Congress and State Department, requesting action to address the conflict in Darfur, the Sudan. |
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| The populations of Darfur are thus passing through an identity crisis. |
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| Amnesty International has reiterated its call for the Sudanese authorities to arrest Omar al Bashir, who is already charged with crimes against humanity and war crimes over his role in the Darfur conflict. |
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| Last but not least in the efforts to bring the conflict in Darfur to an end, is the need for continued coordination and consultation with our bi-lateral and multilateral partners. |
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| Tonight I want to particularly acknowledge the numbers of youth across this country who have been mobilizing around the horrors of what is happening in Darfur. |
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| In 2014, IOM trained 143 male and female youths, from IDP camps and El Fasher urban area, at the El Fasher Technical School, North Darfur. |
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| Following trials, those found guilty of perpetrating attacks at the beginning of the conflict in Darfur had been prosecuted, and some sentenced to death. |
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| It would therefore be helpful if Parliament took a harder line in condemning the actions of the Sudanese Government, which is continuing to arm militias with the aim of terrorising the civilian population of Darfur. |
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| Could you not consider using the French jets that are currently in neighbouring Chad to monitor the airspace and stop the Sudanese from terrorising the people of Darfur? |
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| At the last meeting on 26 December, the Sudanese Government accepted that United Nations personnel deployed to assist AMIS in Darfur would wear United Nations blue berets and AMIS armbands. |
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| West Darfur appears to have by far the highest concentration of displacement, again correlating with the concentration of killings and other forms of violence in that area. |
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| I was speaking yesterday to one of the prize winners, Mr Salih Osman, who told me that air strikes on civilians still continue in Darfur and there is little protection of innocent people. |
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| That augurs well for an effort to extend its spirit to Darfur and to apply time, energy, experience and negotiating capacity to the Darfur conflict. |
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| This crucial fact, which goes someway to explaining much of the intercommunal violence that has occurred in Darfur, was not reflected in the Commission's report. |
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| New Democrats are standing up to stop the genocide in Darfur. |
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| The minister mentioned standing with students who are concerned about what is happening and who are feeling very passionate about what is happening in Darfur and the crimes against humanity there. |
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| Many eyewitnesses and victims of attacks have testified to the close coordination between government forces and militia partners in the conflict in Darfur. |
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| Armed incursions from Darfur are frequent across the porous border, endangering humanitarian convoys on the 11-hour drive from the nearest gravel road. |
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| It was clear that the refugees were not essentially aware of the contents of the Agreement and had been influenced against the Darfur Peace Agreement by emissaries of the rebel movements who had not yet signed the accord. |
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| Daoussa Déby, the Chadian President's half-brother, and the first cousin of the leader of the Darfur rebels, Khalil Ibrahim, was in charge of organising the logistical support of the Darfur resistance. |
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| The order of magnitude is much greater in Sudan and Darfur, let us make no mistake about that, but some of the underlying conditions are the same. |
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| With all due respect to our diplomats, they are not standing in front of the machine guns and the helicopter gun ships that raid through the areas of the south and into Darfur, slaughtering and panicking entire villages. |
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| Since Assistant Secretary-General Bragg briefed the Security Council on 6 March, there have been significant signs of an erosion of humanitarian response capacity, with a concurrent impact on the lives of people in Darfur. |
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| Liberal Democrat Youth and Students are using theirs to campaign in favour of an emergency motion calling on the party to oppose deportations to Darfur. |
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| But governments such as Tanzania's, which has sounded keen to provide some men, say they will not send them to Darfur without a durable agreement. |
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| It was a disappointment for the EU that no tangible results were achieved regarding the very serious human rights violations that have taken place in Darfur. |
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| The mechanism will also assist with the application of the modalities of the United Nations security management system within the operation, as well as other United Nations organizations present in Darfur. |
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| The presence of armed militia in Darfur was an established fact. |
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| The conflict in Darfur threatens peace and security in the wider region. |
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| The G8 must intensify efforts to secure the support of all members of the Security Council for full implementation of the UN mandate to strengthen the peacekeeping force in Darfur. |
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| The Doha Declaration is the basis of the peace process in Darfur and it has achieved significant gains on the ground for the African region. |
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| Since 2003 there has been an ongoing conflict in Darfur which has become a humanitarian disaster. |
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| They are active in the Darfur region of western Sudan and also in eastern Chad. |
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| They were a minority, but became the ruling class of Darfur and Wadai in the 13th century by peacefully taking over power from the Daju. |
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| Like the Fur and the Zaghawa, since the start of the Darfur conflict in February 2003, many Tunjur have been affected. |
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| Horses have been used in the 21st century by the Janjaweed militias in the War in Darfur. |
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| Under an African Union mandate, it has stationed forces in Sudan's Darfur region to try to establish peace. |
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| I wondered how some of that compassion for a hawk could be rechanneled to help human beings like those I had just seen dying in Darfur. |
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| The casus belli in Darfur is not so much ethnic rivalry but competition for the region's land and resources, all of which has been exploited and manipulated for political interest. |
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| An open day was held by the West Darfur broadcasting company. |
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| The Panel gathered and analysed a substantial body of information pertaining to actions that may constitute violations of international humanitarian and human rights law in Darfur during the course of its mandate. |
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| From the Armenian heartlands to Dachau and the Warsaw ghetto, and to Biafra, Cambodia, Rwanda and Darfur, can the precedent of inaction by one generation to prevent or intervene be bequeathed to the next? |
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| Even more than in Darfur, civilian populations in this region feel compelled to choose one of the warring camps as it is impossible for them to stay neutral. |
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| We did make strides, nevertheless, at the talks recently held in Abuja, which holds out hope for striking a framework agreement on Darfur in the very near future. |
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| In another encouraging development, only four incidents of carjacking were reported throughout Darfur in June 2009, and most of the carjacked vehicles were recovered. |
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| Notwithstanding the ongoing military conflicts that occurred in Darfur during the reporting period, carjacking and banditry continue to pose the most significant risk to United Nations personnel. |
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| For example, it responded immediately through its African Peace Facility to the African Union's request for help for its ceasefire monitoring mission in Darfur in western Sudan. |
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| This presence in Darfur is intended to reinforce some sanitary and educational efforts in favor of, most of all, the girls and young women in response to the huge emergency and request for help that arrives from this place. |
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| After signing the Abuja peace agreement, the Government had established a clear demilitarization plan, which should include all warring factions in Darfur. |
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| The situation in Darfur at this very moment is so contemptible, so reprehensibly inhuman and so incredibly sad that the option of doing nothing is really no option at all. |
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| In Darfur, Switzerland interceded on behalf of the Sudanese who were left to themselves because hostilities and organized crime prevented help from getting through to them. |
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| If this should be allowed to happen, Darfur could descend into an even bloodier round of conflict that would be catastrophic for the people of the region. |
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| As millet is mainly produced in the northern half of Darfur and Kordofan, where rainfall was poor and uneven last season, it has faired poorly compared to sorghum. |
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| Therefore, the State party considers that the notorious human rights situation in Darfur does not allow in itself to conclude that the complainant would risk being tortured if returned to Khartoum. |
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| Nonetheless, there is a serious risk of violence in the postelectoral period, particularly in areas where races are closely contested, or where large groups were not included in the process, such as in Darfur. |
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| That figure must be much higher now, perhaps half as much again, yet we continue to see the goalposts receding, to the point where peace in Darfur seems further away today than ever. |
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| I believe we will have a very strong voice in that matter and I think we will be very successful in having some sort of resolution to this untenable situation in Darfur. |
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| We are convinced that a robust peacekeeping force in Darfur is of vital importance to provide protection for the civilian population and, thus, to contribute to an enabling environment for the peace process. |
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| Since 4 March, when the Court issued a warrant of arrest for President Omar AlBashir of Sudan for extermination and other grave crimes in Darfur, things have come to a head. |
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| The sales help to support a women's center in Darfur. |
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| The Council reiterates its call to all parties to the conflict to fulfil their commitments to conclude a peace accord in the interest of the people of Darfur, and Sudan as a whole. |
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| With the important work they do in improving the quality of life for the people living in Darfur and also in bearing witness to the atrocities committed, their work must continue. |
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| Commending the efforts of the AU in Darfur, he stressed that the continent, having come out of colonialism, should be able to solve its problems by itself. |
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| Children in Darfur have suffered horribly, and they continue to, but these centres aim to ensure that when the guns finally fall silent, the sounds of conflict do not continue to harm children. |
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| The numbers helped to hammer home the intolerable situation in Darfur. |
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| There were nine incidents of carjacking reported in Darfur during the period under review, including four international non-governmental organization vehicles and five United Nations vehicles. |
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| The precarious security situation in Darfur, funding shortages, as well as the lack of rain in the past season, are all having negative impact on the provision of humanitarian assistance. |
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| What I am heartened about this evening is that Canadian parliamentarians are standing together with one voice and saying that we need to address this immediate concern in Darfur. |
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| The ramifications of such a humanitarian tragedy would not only be felt in Darfur, but will also impact on neighbouring countries such as Chad and the Central African Republic. |
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| In Northern Darfur, major fighting between Darfur Peace Agreement signatories and non-signatories, including aerial bombardment of villages, has led to civilian casualties and overall insecurity. |
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| The fly in the ointment, in terms of what is happening in Sudan, is that the situation in Darfur remains extremely precarious and is capable of dragging Sudan as a whole headlong into the abyss again. |
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| Whatever the theoretical merit of that proposition, the findings of this Commission of Inquiry irrefutably demonstrate that there is no hope for sustainable peace in Darfur without immediate access to justice. |
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| A key component of the Outreach Programme for the situation in Darfur was to inform the general public that a significant judicial development was about to happen in the case of President Al Bashir. |
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| It is imperative that those battalions arrive in Darfur adequately trained and fully self-sustaining in order to add value without overtaxing the mission's support capabilities. |
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| Mr President, as others have said, as General al-Bashir continues to prevaricate on the deployment of an AU-UN hybrid force in Darfur, we see the humanitarian crisis getting worse. |
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| In this context, I encourage both countries to move forward rapidly towards normalizing relations, which would have a direct and positive effect on the situation in Darfur. |
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| By investigating the situation in Darfur, marshaling the evidence and applying the law, ICC officials were just fulfilling the task given to them by the United Nations Security Council. |
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| Paving the way for normalizing civil life in Darfur, the Government will apply further measures forbidding the wearing of military uniform by civilians. |
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| In the same way that with respect to Darfur we knew and we know and we did not act, and we have not been acting sufficiently to arrest the killing fields. |
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| One aspect of these weaknesses relates to the inadequacy of border controls and the porousness of the border between the Darfur region and neighbouring countries. |
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| The urgency of dispatching to Darfur the UN technical assessment team to help develop contingency plans for the transition, as envisaged in recent AU and UN decisions, cannot be overemphasized. |
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| This decision is a milestone in the international community's efforts to end the suffering of the people of Darfur and enduringly restore stability there. |
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| Debates on Darfur and trying to get agreement on Darfur were used as a political bargaining chip or as a lever to try and get agreement on other resolutions. |
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| In the meantime, I remain concerned that all the efforts being made to create the conditions for an effective and full implementation of the DPA could be jeopardized unless the security situation in Darfur is improved. |
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| International conflict, civil war, desertion of villages, and mass exodus of the population has torn apart the socio-economic fabric and the way of life for the people of Darfur, Sudan. |
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| We should also like to know whether we can work in conjunction with the Organisation for African Unity to set up a no-fly zone in Darfur, which will be the only way to stop the violence to any serious and credible degree. |
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| The Darfur regime has thus far been ignoring the no-fly zone imposed by Security Council Resolution 1591, and is continuing to bomb villages in Darfur. |
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| It shames me that as a member of Parliament's Investigation Committee I took on more responsibility when I visited Darfur and Abéché, and yet today all I can do is prattle on, if you will excuse the expression. |
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| In my meetings with Chairperson Konaré, we discussed the urgency of obtaining a cessation of hostilities and reinvigorating the peace process in Darfur. |
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| First, it represents the triumph of doggedness and determination to confront and resolve fundamental problems separating all sides to the Darfur conflict. |
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| The alleged coup attempt in September 2004, which led to the detention of 189 suspects, was perceived by the opposition to be a sham to divert attention from the crisis in Darfur. |
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| Whether in the oil-rich and impoverished Niger-Delta region in Nigeria or the war zones of Darfur in Sudan, the longing for justice and peace remains ineluctable. |
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| Let me remind people that I was at a conference with Stephen Lewis a couple of months ago and he said the very thing that is keeping us back from acting on Darfur and divestment is partisanship. |
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| The trial run constitutes the first of many planned protected convoys designed to bring critical equipment, supplies and fuel into Darfur in order to allow for deployment of troops as quickly as possible. |
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| My country unreservedly welcomes United Nations support for the African Union Mission in the Sudan in Darfur, as evidenced in the decisions taken at Abuja and Addis Ababa. |
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| The meeting reached a number of conclusions based on three requirements: re-energizing the political process, establishing a strengthened ceasefire and defining the way forward for peacekeeping in Darfur. |
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| On several occasions SLA and NMRD operatives have threatened to shoot down any white helicopters, including United Nations and AMIS helicopters, that fly over certain areas in Darfur. |
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| The Council expressed its deep concern regarding the regional ramifications of the conflict in Darfur and attempts of overthrowing the Chadian government. |
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| That was due in part to the successful counteroffensive, which enabled Chadian Government forces to push the rebels back to the immediate border area or, beyond, into Darfur. |
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| Recently, we have seen also some of the militias crossing the border into Darfur and looking for support from their kith and kin there in their fight against other groups. |
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| As the member may or may not know, Khartoum threatened to tear up the peace agreement in the south if the international community walked into Darfur. |
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| It should be emphasized that even if the envisaged transition is effected, the AU would still have an important role to play in spearheading the overall peace process in Darfur. |
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| It should also be borne in mind that, outside the Darfur region, the security situation had improved perceptibly, and today there were very few abductions. |
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| We urge the relevant parties to urgently resolve the conflict in Darfur and to pursue the full implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan, which is now entering a critical period. |
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| Mr Michel explained that it was in the interest of both parties that this agreement should provide a platform for a comprehensive settlement in the other crises besetting Sudan, and in particular Darfur. |
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| It is important to give time to the united Government of the Sudan, which was created in accordance with the Nairobi Agreement, so that it can show itself in a positive light, including with regard to Darfur. |
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| We have supported peace and security efforts around the world by sending peacekeepers to Darfur and Timor-Leste and by heeding the call of the Council to action to address the threat of terrorism. |
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| These necessary steps must be taken with great urgency if the terrible loss of life is to come to an end and the people of Darfur are to return to their homes and lead lives free from fear and full of hope for the future. |
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| Beyond the ongoing mediation efforts and acceleration of the deployment of UNAMID, the search for lasting peace and security in Darfur also requires peacemaking at the local level. |
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| The Peace Agreement in this sense may become a fault line in Darfur. |
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| Of the 212,000 people it admits have been displaced, it says that 90,000 have voluntarily gone home. A headman in South Darfur describes one such homecoming. |
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| The recent military campaign by the Government of the Sudan to drive out non-signatory factions from Western Darfur has resulted in indiscriminate killings and other grave human rights abuses against civilians. |
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| Normalization of the bilateral relationship between Chad and the Sudan is not only essential to the success of the peace process in Darfur, but also for the internal stability of Chad. |
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| The Security Council must impose the strictest sanctions and dispatch a security and peace-keeping force to Darfur with the resources it needs to carry out this mission swiftly and authoritatively. |
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| My concern for Darfur grows from the fact that if we do not resolve the major crisis in Darfur, there is a very good chance that the north-south comprehensive peace agreement will break down. |
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| The Special Rapporteur met with the Chairman of the National Investigation Commission into the events in Darfur, the Chairman of the Reparation Commission, and a judge from the Special Criminal Court on the Events in Darfur. |
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| It is therefore now more desirable than ever that the movements that have not yet signed the Agreement rally to it, and that all the people of Darfur be brought in so they can discuss their common problems together. |
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| The same tragedy must not befall the people in Darfur or elsewhere. |
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| The conference might be rescheduled because of security problems that the technical teams are facing, which prevent them from travelling to all parts of Darfur as indicated earlier. |
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| On 29 May 2004, the Commission received reports from the SLM and the JEM accusing the Government of the Sudan of bombarding villages in the Darfur region. |
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| For its part, the Sudan accused Chad of bombarding Darfur. |
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| We should work together with the American president to combat the genocide by attrition in Darfur and invoke the responsibility to protect principle under the rubric of the rule of law. |
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| That this Committee take note of the on-going crisis in Darfur. |
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| Meanwhile, a number of ministerial, gubernatorial and legislative posts have been filled by representatives of SLA-Minawi and those movements that have signed the Declaration of Commitment to the Darfur Peace Agreement. |
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| While some argue that the Darfur horrors do not constitute genocide, no credible voice would deny that war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity are occurring there. |
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| The fragmentation and splintering of the factions of rebels in Darfur and their refusal to negotiate remains the major obstacle facing our quest for peace until this very moment. |
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| While a large number of police have recently deployed to the Darfur region, they are distrusted by many of the local population, who therefore do not feel that their security has been enhanced. |
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| While a large number of police have recently been deployed to Darfur region, they are distrusted by many of the local population, and therefore do not feel their security has been enhanced. |
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| Violence against women was a daily occurrence in Darfur and, according to the delegation itself, the victims distrusted the Sudanese police force and were afraid to report assaults. |
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| That will help prevent a security vacuum in Darfur, at a time when violence is erupting once again and when the process launched by the Abuja peace agreements is at a standstill. |
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| The resulting mass displacement and the complete decimation of public infrastructure, combined with the overspill from the Chad and Darfur conflicts, is having a huge impact on the country's women and children. |
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| Reiterates AU's unflinching commitment to combating impunity, in line with the relevant provisions of the Constitutive Act, and its strong condemnation of the gross violations of human rights in Darfur. |
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| Chinese oil purchases have financed Sudan's pillage of Darfur. |
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| During his recent visit to Darfur, the Commissioner for Peace and Security sought the full cooperation of the Government of the Sudan to remove the bureaucratic and other obstacles hampering AMIS operations. |
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| Low-level conflict has simmered in Darfur, the Sudan, for years, characterized primarily by disputes between nomadic and sedentary groups because of increased competition for resources. |
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| We thank him for his sobering statement on the situation in Darfur. |
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| Under this arrangement, which concluded on schedule in August 2009, TF Darfur included a group of senior non-commissioned members who delivered the training and supervised maintenance work. |
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| The big men, who command loyalty and weapons on the ground in Darfur, pointedly stayed away. This was an indignity too far for the Great Leader, who had staked a lot on getting recalcitrant rebels to the negotiating table. |
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| His continuous presence in Darfur will play a critical role in helping the movements coalesce around political platforms, encouraging a cessation of hostilities and moving the process towards inclusive negotiations. |
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| They are encouraging because the African Union last month agreed that its mission in Darfur should be transformed into a United Nations peacekeeping mission. |
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| If there is no international presence in Darfur there will be a total massacre, notwithstanding all the hand-wringing and assertions of never again' after Rwanda. |
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| There is a dreadful sense of impasse over Darfur, with lots of hand-wringing but no progress, and recent events have rather added to that feeling. |
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| It is clear that the funds that are being provided by the international community are totally inadequate to meet the needs of the people in Darfur. |
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| The volatility of the security and humanitarian situation in Darfur, where a simple spark could ignite a full-size inferno, makes the need for a tangible result on the political track even more obvious to all. |
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| On 17 February, two armed men dressed in military fatigues entered the Krinding II camp for internally displaced persons, outside El Geneina, Western Darfur, and burned a shelter. |
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| His eldest son is set to take the helm. On the day of America's election, Sudanese forces blockaded a number of refugee camps in Darfur and moved out hundreds of their residents despite UN condemnation. |
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| The conflict and political dynamics in Darfur have changed considerably in the past few years, even as the violence associated with the insurgency and counter-insurgency, which peaked in 2004, has abated considerably. |
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| Limited edition Rock For Darfur T-shirts are available from SuperEXcellent by Krista Allen and are printed on Edun Live shirts. |
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| President Bashir acknowledged the futility of pursuing a military option to resolve the Darfur issue and declared the Government's preparedness to enter into peace talks on Darfur on the basis of the Darfur Peace Agreement. |
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| It would also be interesting to know what kind of cooperation he foresaw with the international commission of inquiry and with the human rights monitors currently in Darfur. |
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| Furthermore, I stressed that this heinous and cowardly act will not deter the determination and commitment of the AU in bringing about a lasting peace and alleviating the suffering of the people in Darfur. |
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| African Union UNAMID peacekeeping force near the South Darfur capital Nyala on Tuesday afternoon. |
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| The Secretary-General should recommend to the appropriate bodies that the United Nations provide funding for the peacekeeping operation in Darfur, pending clarification of force size. |
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| It is not known what steps have been taken by the Government of the Sudan authorities in Southern Darfur to pursue their investigations and to hold to account those found to have committed the attack. |
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| Maybe to find something that I really did have very strong views about, without a lot of wishy-washiness, I had to go to Darfur and cover genocide. |
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| The Special Rapporteur also travelled to Nyala, Darfur, where he met with representatives of the tribal committees and CEAWC field office and conducted extensive interviews with former abductees. |
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