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"Mr President, we have in fact known about the tension in Sudan for many years, not just one year. Once again we are witnessing a humanitarian drama which, in truth, disguises a political drama. It is this drama which must be dealt with: a humanitarian emergency, which could be even worse, is yet to come. According to the calculations of many NGOs, between 100 000 and 350 000 people may die as a result of a generalised famine.
We must therefore take quick measures and I am therefore also happy that both the Council and the Commission are taking measures in this regard. We must continue with humanitarian aid, we must put pressure on the government of Khartoum to disarm the militias and if this means sanctions are needed, they must be imposed. The number of international observers must also be increased, and they must specifically be African.
I would like to draw attention to the importance of emphasising the need to deal with the causes, of political origin, which relate to the poverty of the country, which relate to having allowed the authoritarian regime in Khartoum to exist for many years and which furthermore have allowed, amongst other things, while we remained silent, European countries such as the United Kingdom, Spain and Cyprus to export arms to that country, violating the code of conduct on arms, and we must therefore meet the need to review this process and once again demand that the United Nations enforce a complete embargo in relation to this issue."@en1
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