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Appendix G
Appendix G: Breakdown of Security and Political Dialogue by Month
[Source: Aegis Trust research notes.This is not a comprehensive list of international statements and actions on security and
political dialogue on Darfur]
Security & Political Dialogue: March 2004
During March those in the international community engaged in Darfur employed a quiet diplomacy approach fearing
that ex erting pressure over Darfur w ould jeopardise the impending North/South peace deal. Although information had
by this time emerged of the atrocities being committed in Darfur, the crisis w as cast and managed as a humanitarian
crisis. The ceasefire was being pursued by the international community , primarily with the aim of securing
humanitarian access.
New Information: ICG produces report giv ing a solid background to the conflict including evidence of the ex istence
of the Arab Supremacist Arab Gathering in Darfur. Details Janjaw eed and GoS force attacks, and giv es details of
gov ernment intransigence in efforts to end the conflict and in the delivery of humanitarian aid.
Latest Situation: The UN declares Darfur the w orld’s greatest humanitarian and human rights catastrophe
10,000 dead. 700,000 internally displaced. 130,000 refugees. UN humanitarian Co-ordinator refers to the situation in
Darfur as ethnic cleansing.
International Response (Security Issues): Quiet Diplomacy. Diplomatic efforts led by the United States w ith the EU
and the UK to facilitate negotiations betw een the GoS, the SLA and JEM. Calls made for an immediate ceasefire to
facilitate deliv ery of humanitarian aid. International Community follow ing a policy of sequencing betw een the
North/South and the Darfur peace talks.
International Organisations
AU: Facilitating peace talks betw een the GoS, the SLA and JEM.
EU: Engaged in facilitating negotiations betw een GoS, SLA and JEM. Issued a statement urging all parties to agree
on an immediate ceasefire.
United States: Facilitating peace talks betw een the GoS, the SLA and JEM.
UK: Engaged in facilitating negotiations betw een GoS, SLA and JEM. Aiming for a ceasefire preferably w ith
international monitoring, w ith a view to securing humanitarian access. Appealed to the parties to the conflict to
ensure the protection of civilians.
Security & Political Dialogue: April 2004
Continuing quiet diplomacy. The focus during April was on the maintenance of the ceasefire signed early in the
month and attaining a political settlement. Deployment of monitors to monitor the ceasefire betw een the GoS, SLA
and JEM seen as key. A ty pical response to a conflict situation w hichw ould hav e little impact on the situation of
IDPs in, for instance, the Kailek camp, where a policy of forced starv ation w as being implemented on civilians.