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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8786

16 September 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/sudan
EP speaks out against lack of political goodwill from Khartoum to protect its population, and voices alarm at humanitarian situation - Calls for targeted sanctions

Brussels, 15/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - MEPs meeting for their plenary session in Strasbourg could not quite find the words to express their alarm at the gravity of the humanitarian crisis in Darfur (Sudan), and to criticise the atrocities committed, and a lack of political goodwill on the part of the Sudanese authorities to protect their civilians despite the feeble efforts agreed to, under pressure, to improve victims' access to aid. This has led the EU to plead in favour of extreme...

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