"Sudan is the largest country by area in Africa, with an estimated population of at least 36 million. Darfur is the size of France, with a population estimated at 6 million and very little infrastructure or economic
development.
Two million civilians have been forcibly displaced from their burned and looted homes and farms, most by government forces and proxy militias committing war crimes and crimes against humanity. Those displaced largely remain in camps because security has not been restored; more than 208,000 refugees are in Chad, where cross-border attacks in 2006 have
produced 50,000 Chadian internally displaced persons.
(New York, August 14, 2006) – The United Nations Security Council should impose sanctions on Sudan's top officials for blocking U.N. efforts to protect civilians in Darfur, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Security Council members.
The Secretary-General's July 28 report recommends that the U.N. bolster the AMIS forces in the short run, before the U.N. forces deploy on January
1, 2007.
Human Rights Watch specifically urged the Security Council to:
* Apply targeted sanctions to Sudanese officials should the
government not consent by August 15 to the U.N. deployment in Darfur;
* Expand the arms embargo to cover all of Sudan, not just Darfur;
* Provide a robust mandate for the U.N. force for Darfur, including
Chapter VII powers to use "all necessary means" to protect civilians;
* Have the U.N. force assume the duties of AMIS; and,
* Authorize at least 17,300 U.N. troops and 3,300 civilian police for
Darfur.
For more of Human Rights Watch's work on the Crisis in Darfur, please
visit: http://www.hrw.org/doc?t=africa&c=darfur"
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