THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/sudan/darfur

MEPs not convinced by Ambassador Ahmid's refusal to speak of genocide or famine and his request for "more time" in which to disarm militia - Christoph Heusgen, responsible for Policy Planning and early warning Unit, notes accusations of "tolerance" or even "support" for Janjaweed militia by Sudanese authorities - MEPs call for EP delegation to be sent to region - Plenary debate in September

Brussels, 29/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - An agreement on bringing peace to Darfur was signed by the Sudanese government in the presence of Kofi Annan on 3 July this year, with a three-month "time-life". "Give us time" to implement it as it is not easy to disarm militia, these "bandits who terrorise the population" in a region that is as big as France, was the appeal was hammered out on Thursday before the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs by the Sudanese Ambassador to the EU,...