Darfur - a política de interesses nessa parte do mundo

"The Security Council finally took action today to protect civilians in Darfur, but this resolution will be meaningless unless member states get Sudan to agree to a U.N. force," said Peter Takirambudde, Africa director at Human Rights Watch. "While the Security Council was debating this resolution on Monday, the Sudanese military was dropping bombs on rebel-held villages, with predictable consequences for civilians. Now that Council members have resolved to send U.N. troops to Darfur, they must
do everything possible to actually put that force on the ground."

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"Russia, a major supplier of weapons to Sudan, and China, a major consumer of Sudanese oil, both abstained in today's vote on the resolution, which sends an extremely unhelpful signal about their lack of
willingness to press Khartoum to accept U.N. troops."
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The U.N. reports that violence in Darfur is worse than ever despite the Darfur Peace Agreement, leading to the forcible displacement of 21,000 people since July in the state of North Darfur alone. Humanitarian access in Darfur is at its lowest level since 2004, with almost 500,000 needy civilians beyond the reach of humanitarian aid.

For more of Human Rights Watch's work on the crisis in Darfur, please
visit: http://www.hrw.org/doc?t=africa&c=darfur