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18-09-06, 19:14
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Members of the Moroccan section of Amnesty International during the sit-in organised on Sunday to call for the deployment of UN peacekeeping forces in Darfur. Ph. RR.
Global day for Darfur
The Moroccan Section of Amnesty International organised on Sunday in Rabat a sit-in to call for the immediate deployment of international forces in the region of Darfur.
Members of the Moroccan section of Amnesty International during the sit-in organised on Sunday to call for the deployment of UN peacekeeping forces in Darfur. Ph. RR.
The sit-in, which was staged next to the UN offices in the Moroccan capital, was joined by participants from different nationalities, including Sudanese nationals.
Demonstrators carried banners written in Arabic, French, English, and Tifinagh (Amazigh language). They called for the immediate protection of civilians in Darfur, where since 2003, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed or seriously injured, over 2 million have been displaced and over 3.5 million people rely on international aid for survival.
Other similar demonstrations were simultaneously staged in some 50 other cities around the world, as part of the Global Day for Darfur.
“The populations of Darfur are entrapped by the persistent disagreement between the UN, the African Union, and the Sudanese government, while the international community silently watches their suffering,” said the Moroccan section of Amnesty International in a press release.
Amnesty had sent early in August a letter to the UN Security Council, urging the sending of the blue helmets to the region. UN resolution number 1706 had decreed the establishment of a UN force to the region, but the Sudanese government strongly opposed the decision which it called a “colonial” measure.
Another open letter was addressed to the Members of the African Union Peace Security Council, who are meeting today in New York to decide on the future of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS).
“In the light of the difficulties facing AMIS in ensuring effective protection of civilians, we support the African Union Peace and Security Council's decision on the transition to a UN peacekeeping force in Darfur, ” Irene Khan, Amnesty International's Secretary General said in the open letter.
Khan also urged the African Union Peace Security Council to “reiterate its commitment to the protection of human rights in Darfur by maintaining and strengthening AMIS forces in the region until the UN peacekeeping force is deployed.”
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Members of the Moroccan section of Amnesty International during the sit-in organised on Sunday to call for the deployment of UN peacekeeping forces in Darfur. Ph. RR.
Global day for Darfur
The Moroccan Section of Amnesty International organised on Sunday in Rabat a sit-in to call for the immediate deployment of international forces in the region of Darfur.
Members of the Moroccan section of Amnesty International during the sit-in organised on Sunday to call for the deployment of UN peacekeeping forces in Darfur. Ph. RR.
The sit-in, which was staged next to the UN offices in the Moroccan capital, was joined by participants from different nationalities, including Sudanese nationals.
Demonstrators carried banners written in Arabic, French, English, and Tifinagh (Amazigh language). They called for the immediate protection of civilians in Darfur, where since 2003, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed or seriously injured, over 2 million have been displaced and over 3.5 million people rely on international aid for survival.
Other similar demonstrations were simultaneously staged in some 50 other cities around the world, as part of the Global Day for Darfur.
“The populations of Darfur are entrapped by the persistent disagreement between the UN, the African Union, and the Sudanese government, while the international community silently watches their suffering,” said the Moroccan section of Amnesty International in a press release.
Amnesty had sent early in August a letter to the UN Security Council, urging the sending of the blue helmets to the region. UN resolution number 1706 had decreed the establishment of a UN force to the region, but the Sudanese government strongly opposed the decision which it called a “colonial” measure.
Another open letter was addressed to the Members of the African Union Peace Security Council, who are meeting today in New York to decide on the future of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS).
“In the light of the difficulties facing AMIS in ensuring effective protection of civilians, we support the African Union Peace and Security Council's decision on the transition to a UN peacekeeping force in Darfur, ” Irene Khan, Amnesty International's Secretary General said in the open letter.
Khan also urged the African Union Peace Security Council to “reiterate its commitment to the protection of human rights in Darfur by maintaining and strengthening AMIS forces in the region until the UN peacekeeping force is deployed.”
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