Strasbourg, 18/05/2005 (Agence Europe) - The EP has expressed its continuing concern at the situation in Darfur and welcomed the signature of the comprehensive peace agreement last January between northern and southern Sudan, calling on all parties to implement it and to support the International Criminal Court “in putting an end to the culture of impunity in Darfur”. This was the message of a resolution adopted in Strasbourg on 12 May, in which the Parliament takes the view that none of the parties is respecting their commitments: the government of Sudan is “continuing to breach the ceasefire agreement with air attacks and failing to disband the Janjaweed and bring those responsible to justice”. As for the rebels, they are responsible for a “recent dramatic increase in breaches of the ceasefire”. The Parliament voiced its “serious concern that the growing insecurity and violence and the lack of a peaceful settlement to the Darfur crisis could eventually jeopardise the entire peace process”, and condemns the “Government of Sudan for its responsibility for decades of economic and political marginalisation of certain communities and regions, a situation which has compounded the conflict in Darfur”. It spoke out against violence, terror and the number of rapes committed in Darfur. Voicing its concern at the recent arrest of Mr Adam, the president of the organisation for social development in Sudan (who was already imprisoned in 2004), and the arrests of his colleague, Mr Salim and his chauffer Mr Taha, the Parliament calls on the Sudanese authorities to release them immediately. The Parliament welcomes the decision of the Security Council to set up a 10,000-strong UN mission to Sudan, and the decision of the African Union to increase its peace-keeping force in Darfur to 7,700. The Parliament calls on the Commission to ensure that the 450 million EUR made available to Sudan as development aid, but which will not be mobilised until progress has been noted in Darfur, is channelled gradually and, as far as possible, through humanitarian organisations. The Parliament believes that “government of Sudan should only be granted access to these funds if substantial progress towards peace in Darfur is achieved”. The resolution also calls on the governments of Sudan, Chad, Libya and the Central African Republic to keep a tighter control on the sales of light weapons in the region, and on the United States to “intensify its commitment to resolving the conflict and ending impunity in Darfur”.