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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8788

18 September 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/sudan
EP describes Darfur as comparable to genocide and calls for total arms ban and targetted sanctions

Strasbourg, 17/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - By an overwhelming majority, the European Parliament believes that the atrocities inflicted on civilians in the Darfur crisis in Sudan can be compared with genocide (as defined by the Convention on genocide). The EP's resolution on Darfur, adopted by the plenary in Strasbourg on Thursday by 566 votes to 6 with 16 abstentions, following eye-witness reports by six female MEPs who had travelled to the area (see Europe of 16 September, p.9) severely...

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