Darfur Peace and Development

The BBC’s Amber Henshaw has been in a camp for displaced people in north Darfur, where she put your questions to some of its residents.

Four-and-a-half years of fighting between Sudan’s government, pro-government Arab militias and rebel groups in the western Sudanese region of Darfur has driven more than 2m people from their homes.

The government denies links to the Janjaweed militia, which is accused of trying to “cleanse” black Africans from…

UN Security Council Resolution 1769

July 31, 2007 and statements

The Security Council,

Recalling all its previous resolutions and presidential statements concerning the situation in Sudan,

Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, unity, independence and territorial integrity of Sudan, and to the cause of peace, and expressing its determination to work with the Government of Sudan, in full respect of its sovereignty, to assist in tackling the various problems in Darfur, Sudan,

Recalling the…

Source: Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict

SUMMARY

The protection and well-being of children and youth in Sudan are at a crucial juncture. While children in the South are enjoying increased protection and access to services, those in Darfur and other areas of Sudan are enduring unspeakable acts of violence and abuse.

Humanitarian agencies in Darfur operate in an extremely volatile environment that poses significant operational challenges and threatens the security of civilians…

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GENERAL

A/HRC/4/80
7 March 2007

Original: ENGLISH

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
Fourth session
Item 2 of the provisional agenda
IMPLEMENTATION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 60/251
OF 15 MARCH 2006 ENTITLED “HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL”

Report of the High-Level Mission on the situation of
human rights in Darfur pursuant to
Human Rights Council decision S-4/101

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. Mandated by Human Rights Council decision S-4/101 to assess the human rights situation in Darfur and the needs of the Sudan in this…

Source: Africa Action, 9 March 2007

Six months ago, at the end of August 2006, the United Nations (UN) Security Council passed a critical resolution, authorizing a robust UN peacekeeping force for Darfur, western Sudan. This act was the result of years of advocacy and international political wrangling, against the backdrop of escalating violence in Darfur. The resolution expressed the will and intent of the international community to send a 22,000-strong…

Dilatory, exceedingly cautious, of little consequence, and taking minimal cognizance of the salient ethnic features of human destruction in Darfur

By Eric Reeves, 28 February 2007

The regime’s genocidaires are using UN personnel to imprison a man critical to
success during the impending rebel commanders’ conference.

By Eric Reeves
February 15, 2007

Source: Eric Reeves, 26 January 2007

Why the regime remains so confident the genocidal status quo is unthreatened

Source: The Times, 19 October 2007

By Martin Fletcher