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49 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.
Appendix G New Information: UN Inter Agency Fact Finding and Rapid Assessment Mission to Kailek publishes its report. Giv es details of its v isit to an IDP camp where the IDPs are virtual prisoners, w here there is no food and rape is a regular occurrence. Provides ev idence of GoS forces’ complicity in the running of the camp. Concludes there is a strategy of sy stematic and deliberate starv ation. Human Rights Watch publishes the “Darfur in Flames” report which describes a government strategy of forced displacement, targeting civ ilians of the non-Arab ethnic communities. Documents the aerial bombardment of civ ilians and attacks by GoS security forces alongw ith militia men on Fur, Massaleit and Zaghaw a villages. Describes a climate of impunity. Latest situation: Peace agreement signed betw een the GoS, the SLA and JEM 8 th April in N’Djamena. 1 million internally displaced. British gov ernment states it is aw are of the systematic clearing of areas of Darfur based on ethnic origin. GoS denies access to UNHCHR inv estigators. Attacks and bombardments on villages continue despite the signing of a ceasefire. Peace Talks: SLA, JEM & GoS negotiations: 4 days after the signing of the peace agreement the SLA accuses gov ernment of attacks on tw ov illages. JEM accuses GoS of v iolating the ceasefire by integrating Janjaw eed into the army rather than disarming them. Much of the month is spent try ing to agree an agenda and location for further talks. International Response (Security Issues): Much international attention paid to the North South agreement. Attention to Darfur centred around the maintenance of the ceasefire. First Security Council attention giv en to Darfur. AU begins preparations for monitoring mission. US and EU urging the parties to the ceasefire to honour their agreements. Talks of military interv ention play ed dow n by the EU. International Organisations United Nations Security Council (UN SC): 1 Briefing. Released a statement ex pressing concern about the massiv e humanitarian crisis and called on the GoS and opposition groups to reach a ceasefire and a political settlement. Sends a Fact Finding mission to investigate allegations of w idespread atrocities. Deputy Secretary General of the Security Council approaches EU regarding deployment of troops to Darfur. AU: Takes responsibility for setting up the Ceasefire Commission and submits proposals to the GoS for a Ceasefire Commission and deployment of military observ ers. EU: Denies rumours that it has considered deploy ment of EU troops to Darfur. United States: Holding back on the easing of sanctions prev iously conditioned upon agreement of North/South peace deal until the Darfur crisis is resolved. UK: Stated the need for a ceasefire, preferably with international monitoring, with a view to securing humanitarian access. Rejected calls for a mandatory UN arms embargo on grounds it w ould not make a difference in the necessary timeframe. Security & Political Dialogue: May 2004 A change in the language used by the international community to describe the situation indicates that the grav ity of the situation in Darfur is beginning to be realised. How ev er, the lack of attention in the Security Council belies a lack of urgency on the part of the international community despite the USAID w arning that 350,000 may die unless 50
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Table of Contents 4.3 Chronology of
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Page 45 and 46: Appendix B Appendix B: Definitions
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