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"Mr President, the Sudanese Government has failed to carry out its serious international obligation under UN Security Council Resolution 1556 of last July. This is the opinion of many international human rights organisations, including International Watch and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
It appears that many camps in the western region of Darfur in Sudan are still in control of both the Janjaweed armed militia and the Sudanese Government. That is simply an intolerable situation. The agencies must be given free and unencumbered access to these camps. That is not the case at the moment. Many aid agencies are working in very difficult situations.
This too is the view of members of the Committee on Development who recently travelled to the Darfur region on a fact-finding mission on behalf of the European Parliament. We heard this afternoon from many of those who were on that mission. I congratulate them for undertaking it and for bringing their reports back. I look forward to the next meeting of the committee. I am sure we will hear in more detail about what they heard and saw.
I believe that one of the best ways forward is to engage more African Union troops to act as peace-keepers in the Darfur region. That would also help to ensure that we could put in place an African solution to an African problem. Up until now we have not been able to achieve this because there are not enough African Union troops on the ground who could enforce a ceasefire. The Sudanese Government has, for the most part, imposed stalling tactics, which has resulted in the small numbers of African Union peace-keepers being denied access to all regions around Darfur. The Sudanese Government has said that there are enormous difficulties and that it needs more time; but as one of the earlier speakers said, is the government unable to carry out what we have asked it to do, or is it reluctant? The more one listens to people - whether it is aid agencies or members of our Committee on Development or other groups - who have been out there and have seen first hand what is going on, one has to say that there is a total lack of commitment to do anything about the violence that is happening on the ground.
I support the strong role that the European Union has played in providing humanitarian aid to the people of Sudan. Its value is in excess of EUR 400 million this year. The European Union will continue to be the largest donor of international aid to Sudan for some time to come.
The Sudanese Government must now realise the clear challenge that it faces. It must fully meet its international responsibilities and its responsibilities to its own people, or face further international condemnation in the form of sanctions. The European Union, together with the United Nations, should seriously consider imposing a global arms embargo on Sudan. This would play a constructive role in helping to cut off military supplies to both the Sudanese Government and the Janjaweed armed militia."@en1
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