UN Human Rights Council resolves to pressure Sudan over Darfur
The UN Human Rights Council, on Thursday, pushed through a resolution pressuring Sudan to punish those responsible for human rights violations in the Darfur regions civil war.
In the resolution, the Council “expresses its deep concern at the seriousness of the ongoing violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in some parts of Darfur.”
International organizations estimate Darfur’s ongoing civil war has killed 200,000 people and displaced 2.2 million people out of a population of six million.
The council insisted Sudan “address urgently this question by thoroughly investigating all allegations of human rights and international humanitarian law violations, promptly bringing to justice the perpetrators of those violations.”
However, the Council’s Canadian representative said those living in Darfur “deserve better” than this resolution.
Last week, the United Nations issued a report on what it said were deliberate attacks carried out on Darfur’s civilians by the Sudanese army in the past two months.
According to the investigation, these attacks in western Darfur left at least 115 dead and another 30,000 forced away from their homes, mainly in the direction of Chad.
This latest piece of news in the ongoing Darfur conflict appears to be a step in a positive direction. By holding those responsible for human rights violations, it may lead to a cessation of the ongoing and seemingly endless struggle in the region. It is impossible to know if anything will come of this, but it is clearly a step in the right direction.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080327/wl_africa_afp/sudandarfurunrights;_ylt=Av_TSnaredm9ui7Y35ppc8pvaA8F
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What is the solution to end wars, or do they ever end? The atom bomb in WW2 comes to mind.
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