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Explore the goals, challenges, and assistance in Darfur crisis, including peace talks, conflict areas in Sudan, aid from the EU and international community, and the Darfurian refugee situation.
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SOLVING THE CRISISIN DARFUR –EU AND INTERNATIONAL RESPONSES Pekka Haavisto 5 April 2006 Director´s Forum, Woodrow Wilson Center
What are the goals in Darfur? • End of conflict • Security, safe return of IDP´s and refugees • Disarmament, reconstruction, reconciliation • Human rights • Freedom of expression, free press • Census (to prepare the elections) • Forming of political parties • Free elections • End of (inofficial) security organisations • Transparency in administration and budgeting
Biggest country in Africa 40 million inhabitants Arab and African population Muslim, Christian and traditional religions Oil resources Importance of Sudan
Sudan has many neighbours
Three conflict areas in Sudan • North-South Civil War 1983-2005 • Peace Agreement in Naivasha 2005 • Slow implemenation of CPA • Conflict in Darfur • Peace talks in Abuja, Nigeria • Violence continuing on the ground • Eastern Sudan • Rebel movements supported by Eritrea • Beja Congress, Free Lions
North-South peace agreement • 21 years of war • 1,5 million casualties, 4 million refugees • Comprehensive Peace Agreement • Wealth sharing, including oil revenues • Power sharing, e.g. First Vice-President for Southerners • Security, JIU and SPLA
Tragic beginning for the peace • First Vice-President John Garang dies in July 2005
CPA challenges • Presence of Southern Sudan in Khartoum • Transparency of oil income • Forming of Joint Integrated Units • Referendum in 2011 • Safe return of IDP´s and refugees • Reconstruction (or construction)
Elements in Darfur conflict • Population in villages versus nomads • Government of Sudan has armed arab nomads, Janjaweed • GoS and Janjaweed joint attacks against villages • 2 million IDP´s/refugees
Darfur is the size of France
The Challenges of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement • Visibility of South-Sudan in Khartoum • Transparency of the oil revenues • Forming of the common army • Refrendum in 2011 • Attitudes • Safe return of the refugees and IDP’s to South Sudan
The Darfur Conflict • Traditional conflict between farmers and nomads • The Arab-nomads, Janjaweeds, armed by the Government of Sudan (GoS) • The attack by the GoS and Janjaweeds to the villages • 2 million refugees
Assistance by the International Community • Massive humanitarian operation • Food and medicine assistance to the camps • The peascetalks led by the African Union in Abuja, Nigeria • African Union peacekeeping operation with 7000 men • EU’s support to African Union
EU Support to Darfur • EU humanitarian assiatance to Darfur EUR 289 million • EUR 136 million directed through ECHO, including EUR 39.5 million for refugees in Chad • EUR 153 million for food aid/food security
EU support to AMIS • EC's assistance to AMIS has so far amounted to EUR 162 million • 4 Military Observers, 29 CivPol in Darfur • 15 Military Experts deployed in Addis
EU police supporting the African Union police operation in Darfur
African Union AMIS helicopter Masking attempt by the Govenment of Sudan
JEM (Justice and Equality Movement) Khalil Ibrahim SLM/A (Sudan Liberation Movement/Army) Minni Minawi Abdul Wahid Darfurian rebel movements
Negotiations with SLA rebels in Darfur
Janjaweed • Arab nomads armed by the Government of Sudan • Attacks to the Darfur villages with the GoS airforce • Human rights violations
Violations against Human Rights and War Crimes • Genocide or not? • UN has listed 51 potential criminals • UN sanctions against individuals? • ICC, International Criminal Court (5 leaders from Lord Resistance Army, LRA listed)
2 million refugees in the camps in Darfur Return to villages often impossible In camps there are schools and medical care Camps as recruitment area of the rebels Urbanization process Refugee situation
Demostrations agains the UN in Nyala, Darfur
African Union in lead (Amb. Salim Ahmed Salim) EU supporting 3 sectors: wealth power security Peace talks in Abuja
Abuja talks: Wealth sharing • Draft protocol almost ready • Pending issues include: • Compensations (individual?) • Allocation formula • Percentages
Abuja talks: Power sharing • Region (3 states or 1 region) • Borders (1.1.1956 boundaries) • Presidency (Vice-President) • Representation in Khartoum State • Ministers / Parliamentarias • Darurian representation in civil service
Abuja talks: Security I • Enhanced Humanitarian Cease-Fire Agreement: • Disengagement (maps of areas of control) • Redeployment (areas where troops can be monitored by AMIS) • Janjaweed (GoS to have responsibility)
Abuja talks: Security II • Protection of Civilians (more robust) • Security of Humanitarian Supply Routes (demilitarized routes) • Bridging Provisions (bridge to final security arrangements, like integration of comabatants, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR)
Abuja talks: Challenges • Disarming Janjaweed (GoS) • Zones of Redeployment (rebels) • Controlling IDP camps (GoS) • Sudan and Chad border (GoS) • Merging of the rebel troops to Sudan Armed Forces (GoS) • Darfur-Darfur talks (GoS, rebels)
Sudan challenges • Implementation of the North-South Peace-agreement • New areas of conclict: East, Lord Resistance Army LRA • Darfur Peace-agreement and its implementation, UN operation • Equal sharing of the wealth
What can we do? • Humanitarian Assistance • Development cooperation • NGO’s • EU’s support to AU and UN peacekeeping and police operations • EU’s support to Abuja Process • Pressure to the parties to comply with peace agreements