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UN Security Council Approves Sanctions on Warring Factions in Darfur
Mar 30, 2005 United Nations
The U.N. Security Council decided Tuesday, in light of the failure of all parties to the conflict in Darfur to fulfil their commitments, to increase pressure on the warring factions by imposing a travel ban and assets freeze on those impeding the peace process, committing human rights violations and violating measures set out in previous resolutions.
Adopting resolution 1591 (2005) by a vote of 12 in favour with 3 abstentions (Algeria, China, Russian Federation) and acting under Chapter VII of the Charter, the Council also decided that the measures set out in the text would enter into force 30 days from the adoption date, unless the Council determined before then that the parties to the conflict had complied with all the commitments and demands set out in previous resolutions, the N’Djamena Ceasefire Agreement and the Abuja Protocols.
The Council also established a committee consisting of all Council members to designate those individuals subject to the measures and to monitor their implementation, and requested the Secretary-General to appoint, for a period of six months and within 30 days of adoption of the present resolution, a four-member panel of experts based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to assist the committee in monitoring implementation of the measures.
Further, the Council demanded that the Government of the Sudan, in accordance with its commitments under the N’Djamena Ceasefire Agreement and the Abuja Security Protocol, immediately cease conducting offensive military flights in and over the Darfur region.
In addition, the Council reaffirmed the measures imposed by resolution 1556 (2004), by which States would take measures to prevent the sale or supply of military equipment to non-governmental entities and individuals, and decided that those measures would immediately also apply to all the parties to the N’Djamena Ceasefire Agreement and any other belligerents in the states of North Darfur, South Darfur and West Darfur.
Furthermore, the Council deplored strongly that the Government and rebel forces and all other armed groups in Darfur had failed to comply fully with their commitments and the demands of the Council. It condemned the continued violations, including air strikes by the Government in December 2004 and January 2005 and rebel attacks on Darfur villages in January 2005.
The Council also condemned the failure of the Government to disarm Janjaweed militiamen and apprehend and bring to justice Janjaweed leaders and their associates who had carried out human rights and international humanitarian law violations and other atrocities. It demanded that all parties take immediate steps to fulfil all their commitments, to facilitate humanitarian assistance, and to cooperate fully with the African Union mission in Darfur.
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