MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

4.4.2006

with request for inclusion in the agenda for the debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law
pursuant to Rule 115 of the Rules of Procedure
by Johan van Hecke and Fiona Hall
on behalf of the ALDE Group
on Darfur

B6‑0251/2006

European Parliament resolution on Darfur

The European Parliament,

–  recalling its previous resolutions on the situation in Sudan and Darfur in particular,

–  having regard to Rule 115(5) of its Rules of Procedure,

A.  whereas the scale of the human rights crisis in Darfur remains massive and the international community is backing away from meaningful action,

B.  whereas the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region has forced 50,000 people from their homes since January,

C.  whereas the Darfur conflict - and impunity from prosecution - is increasingly affecting the stability of neighbouring eastern Chad and constitutes a threat to international peace and security,

D.  whereas militias will ask for self-determination in borders reaching up to Kosti and Dongola,

E.  noting the Communiqué of the 46th meeting of the African Peace and Security Council of 10 March 2006 and its decision to support in principle the transition of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to a United Nations operation,

1.  Expresses its deep concern at the slow solution in Darfur and calls on the UN Security Council to urgently act on its primary responsibility to protect civilians, reverse the "ethnic cleansing" that has taken place in Darfur, and ensure that civilians in eastern Chad are protected;

2.  Urges the Security Council to take all necessary measures, including passage of any relevant resolutions to ensure the deployment of a UN force in Darfur on or before 1 October 2006 (following expiry of the mandate of the African Union mission in Darfur on 30 September 2006), extend the arms embargo in Darfur throughout Sudan and support the African Union's efforts in Darfur to reach full operational capacity and to robustly interpret its mandate to protect civilians until transition;

3.  Calls on the EU and other actors to upgrade their political responsibility and to do the heavy diplomatic lifting to authorise the immediate deployment of a stabilisation force;

4.  Calls for targeted sanctions on those obstructing the deployment of the UN force and otherwise contributing to abuses of civilians;

5.  Requests that AMIS make its records of human rights violations and violations of humanitarian law public on a regular monthly basis;

6.  Calls on all parties to the conflict to allow unhindered access to and ensure the safety of all humanitarian workers in accordance with international humanitarian law;

7.  Condemns all instances of violations of human rights and humanitarian law and encourages all parties in the Darfur conflict to end all violations of human rights and humanitarian law; calls on the government to fully cooperate with the International Criminal Court;

8.  Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the ACP-EU Council of Ministers, the government of Sudan, the African Union and the Secretary General of the United Nations.