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Showing posts with label Nile Basin Pact. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nile Basin Pact. Show all posts
Friday, January 1, 2010
Monday, December 28, 2009
LRA kill 1,300 in Sudan, DRC
Describing harrowing experience from victims, the report called on the international community to co-operate with the ICC in investigating, arresting, and transferring all LRA leaders accused of international crimes.
Lira
About 1,300 civilians have died in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo in 10 months following human rights abuses allegedly committed by rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army, according to latest periodic reports by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
One report on southern Sudan reveals attacks on civilians in Western and Central Equatoria States, between December 15 2008 and March 10 2009.
The report on the DRC states that at least 1,200 civilians were killed, including women who were raped before execution.
According to the report, more than 100 people were wounded by gunshots and stabbing and about 1,400 people were abducted and some executed or are missing.
Sexual slavery
“During their captivity, abductees were subjected to forced labour in fields, forced to carry looted goods or personal effects or recruited into the LRA. Women were forced to marry LRA members, subjected to sexual slavery, or both,” the report released last week said.
It adds: “Thousands of homes, dozens of shops and businesses, as well as public buildings, including at least 30 schools, health centres, hospitals, churches, markets, and traditional seats of chiefdoms, were looted, set on fire and over 200,000 people were also displaced.”
Describing harrowing experience from victims, the report called on the international community to co-operate with the ICC in investigating, arresting, and transferring all LRA leaders accused of international crimes.
The report also accused the DRC army, FARDC, of human rights violation of the displaced persons instead of protecting them.
“Soldiers of the Congolese armed forces, supposed to protect civilians, also committed human rights violations, including executions, rape, arbitrary arrests and detentions and illegal, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and extortion,” the report said.
The report stated that attacks, systematic and widespread human rights violations carried out since mid-September 2008 against Congolese civilians may constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The Sudan report on the other hand based on 27 confirmed attacks, reveals that at least 81 civilians were killed in attacks and many others injured.
“The evidence presented in this report suggests that LRA actions may amount to crimes against humanity,” the report says. The reports recommended that the United Nation Mission in Sudan should exercise its protection of civilians since its mandated to prevent further loss of life.
“The international community, including governments, should cooperate with the ICC to search for, arrest and surrender the LRA leaders accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The international community should support meaningful peace efforts between governments in the region and the LRA,” the report recommends.
Issues in report
Women were forced to marry LRA members, subjected to sexual slavery or both.
Thirty schools, health centres, hospitals, churches, markets, and traditional seats of chiefdoms, were looted, set on fire. Over 200,000 people were displaced.
The report describes the report as systematic and widespread human rights violations carried out since mid-September 2008 against Congolese civilians may constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity.
DRC army accused of violating rights displaced persons instead of protecting them.
Source:monitor.co.ug/
Lira
About 1,300 civilians have died in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo in 10 months following human rights abuses allegedly committed by rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army, according to latest periodic reports by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
One report on southern Sudan reveals attacks on civilians in Western and Central Equatoria States, between December 15 2008 and March 10 2009.
The report on the DRC states that at least 1,200 civilians were killed, including women who were raped before execution.
According to the report, more than 100 people were wounded by gunshots and stabbing and about 1,400 people were abducted and some executed or are missing.
Sexual slavery
“During their captivity, abductees were subjected to forced labour in fields, forced to carry looted goods or personal effects or recruited into the LRA. Women were forced to marry LRA members, subjected to sexual slavery, or both,” the report released last week said.
It adds: “Thousands of homes, dozens of shops and businesses, as well as public buildings, including at least 30 schools, health centres, hospitals, churches, markets, and traditional seats of chiefdoms, were looted, set on fire and over 200,000 people were also displaced.”
Describing harrowing experience from victims, the report called on the international community to co-operate with the ICC in investigating, arresting, and transferring all LRA leaders accused of international crimes.
The report also accused the DRC army, FARDC, of human rights violation of the displaced persons instead of protecting them.
“Soldiers of the Congolese armed forces, supposed to protect civilians, also committed human rights violations, including executions, rape, arbitrary arrests and detentions and illegal, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and extortion,” the report said.
The report stated that attacks, systematic and widespread human rights violations carried out since mid-September 2008 against Congolese civilians may constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The Sudan report on the other hand based on 27 confirmed attacks, reveals that at least 81 civilians were killed in attacks and many others injured.
“The evidence presented in this report suggests that LRA actions may amount to crimes against humanity,” the report says. The reports recommended that the United Nation Mission in Sudan should exercise its protection of civilians since its mandated to prevent further loss of life.
“The international community, including governments, should cooperate with the ICC to search for, arrest and surrender the LRA leaders accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The international community should support meaningful peace efforts between governments in the region and the LRA,” the report recommends.
Issues in report
Women were forced to marry LRA members, subjected to sexual slavery or both.
Thirty schools, health centres, hospitals, churches, markets, and traditional seats of chiefdoms, were looted, set on fire. Over 200,000 people were displaced.
The report describes the report as systematic and widespread human rights violations carried out since mid-September 2008 against Congolese civilians may constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity.
DRC army accused of violating rights displaced persons instead of protecting them.
Source:monitor.co.ug/
Darfur mediation urges Sudan to create conducive environment for peace talks
December 27, 2009 (DOHA) — Darfur peace mediation today has urged the Sudanese government to create a conducive environment before to start peace talks which would take place during the last week of January in Doha.
Sudanese advisor to the president, Ghazi Salah AlDeen Al-Attabani (R), meets with Joint United Nations and African Union mediator for Darfur Djibril Bassole in Khartoum on July 15, 2009. (Getty) The Sudanese Presidential Adviser, Ghazi Salah Al-Deen Attabani who is in charge with Darfur dossier held today a working session with Ahmed bin Abdullah Al-Mahmoud, Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, and Djibrill Bassolé, the AU/UN Joint Chief Mediator for Darfur.
The meeting tackled the ongoing preparations for the upcoming peace talks between government and rebels delegations scheduled to start on January 24.
"The Mediation strongly recommended that the Government do everything possible to create a climate of trust and a conducive environment for reaching a lasting settlement of the conflict, particularly in the areas of security and freedom of movement, as stipulated in UNSC resolution 1769 and the Goodwill and Confidence Building Agreement signed in Doha on 17 February 2009," said a statement released today by the mediation.
Despite Khartoum statements on readiness to hold talks with the rebel groups, the Sudanese government refused to release some hundred fighters from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in accordance with a confidence building agreement asking them to sign a ceasefire first.
Also, the rebel Sudan Liberation Movement of Abdel Wahid Al-Nur and other rebel groups ask the government to improve the security conditions before talks but the government army and militias attacked several times their position in the troubled region.
The mediation also informed the Sudanese delegation about the resolutions of a conference it had organized in Doha for Darfur civil society and requested "the Government to take into consideration the aspirations expressed by the people of Darfur."
The four day meeting, held by the mediation in order to identify the means for supporting the peace process, called for a ceasefire and urged the stakeholders to work with the mediation to reach a lasting peace agreement.
After discussing the upcoming electoral process with the government delegation, the mediation said hoping that the "ongoing peace negotiations will continue so as to enable all the Darfur population to partake in the April 2010 elections in a free and democratic manner."
Contested in the past by the rebel groups among skepticism from some regional powers, the Doha process is seen now as the most viable approach to end the six year conflict as it conjugates the efforts of the African Union and the Arab League with the support of the international community and adherence of rebel groups.
Last week, the UN Secretary General reiterated the support of the international community to the Doha process and the joint mediator while he hailed the holistic approach of Mbeki for the resolution of Sudanese crisis "By giving Mr. Bassole our unequivocal support, we will send a strong message to all parties that they must engage in the negotiations he is leading" he said.
Source:sudantribune.com/
AU Security Council call for peace talks in SUDAN
The members of the Security Council have called on all parties to engage in peace talks in Sudan.
Their call came after they received a briefing from former South African President Thabo Mbeki and African Union Commission Chairperson Jean Ping on 21 December on the report and recommendations of the African Union High-level Implementation Panel on Darfur, and subsequent decisions of the African Union Peace and Security Council.
The members of the Security Council welcomed the report and underlined their appreciation for the balanced and comprehensive nature of the recommendations to promote peace, justice and reconciliation in Darfur and Sudan as a whole.
According to a press statement, “They looked forward to the implementation of a holistic approach to the problems facing Sudan and supported efforts aimed at the peaceful and democratic transformation of Sudan, in line with the provisions of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.”
The members of the Security Council agreed with the report that the causes and consequences of the conflict in Darfur have yet to be addressed.
They reiterated their support for United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) and the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), and for the work of the United Nations-African Union Joint Chief Mediator, Djibril Bassolé, to promote a lasting political settlement for Darfur.
They also reiterated their call for all parties that have not yet done so to fully commit to and participate in peace talks.
The members of the Security Council called for the Government of Sudan and other parties in Sudan and the region to work with President Mbeki and his colleagues in coordination with the international community as appropriate.
Source:gazettebw.com/
Their call came after they received a briefing from former South African President Thabo Mbeki and African Union Commission Chairperson Jean Ping on 21 December on the report and recommendations of the African Union High-level Implementation Panel on Darfur, and subsequent decisions of the African Union Peace and Security Council.
The members of the Security Council welcomed the report and underlined their appreciation for the balanced and comprehensive nature of the recommendations to promote peace, justice and reconciliation in Darfur and Sudan as a whole.
According to a press statement, “They looked forward to the implementation of a holistic approach to the problems facing Sudan and supported efforts aimed at the peaceful and democratic transformation of Sudan, in line with the provisions of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.”
The members of the Security Council agreed with the report that the causes and consequences of the conflict in Darfur have yet to be addressed.
They reiterated their support for United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) and the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), and for the work of the United Nations-African Union Joint Chief Mediator, Djibril Bassolé, to promote a lasting political settlement for Darfur.
They also reiterated their call for all parties that have not yet done so to fully commit to and participate in peace talks.
The members of the Security Council called for the Government of Sudan and other parties in Sudan and the region to work with President Mbeki and his colleagues in coordination with the international community as appropriate.
Source:gazettebw.com/
Friday, December 11, 2009
Tanzania: Egypt, Sudan Want More Time On Nile Basin Pact
Egypt and Sudan have called for more time before the signing of the cooperation agreement among the Nile Basin countries.
However, other member countries have insisted that they are ready to sign the agreement.
Chairman of the Nile Council of Ministers (Nile-Com) Nasri El-din Allam, who is also Egypt's water and irrigation minister, said there was no need to rush on the matter since it was "critical and sensitive", and called for more time to reach a conclusive decision.
Mr Allam said Egypt and Sudan had prepared a proposal on water security, which was being distributed to other partner states for their input.
"The matter is with our top political leaders for discussions we are not late. Everyone hoped the agreement would have been signed yesterday, but let's be optimistic that this will soon come to an end," he said during the closing of a meeting held in Dar es Salaam to mark the initiative's 10th anniversary.
Water security is the only pending protocol in the formation of the permanent Nile Basin Commission. Riparian countries currently chair the body on a rotational basis.
Ministers responsible for water from Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Ethiopia and Congo expressed their willingness to sign the cooperation agreement by February next year as stipulated in the framework without any further delay.
Kenya's director of water resources, Mr John Rao Nyaoro, urged Nile Basin countries to be more practical and strive to sign the agreement by next February.
Water and Irrigation minister Mark Mwandosya said negative perceptions were holding back the signing of the agreement among the Nile Basin countries.
"We have made a lot of progress on the structure of the agreement we have the same aims, but different perceptions need to be resolved so that the agreement can be signed in February, he said Mwandosya.
Source:allafrica.com/
However, other member countries have insisted that they are ready to sign the agreement.
Chairman of the Nile Council of Ministers (Nile-Com) Nasri El-din Allam, who is also Egypt's water and irrigation minister, said there was no need to rush on the matter since it was "critical and sensitive", and called for more time to reach a conclusive decision.
Mr Allam said Egypt and Sudan had prepared a proposal on water security, which was being distributed to other partner states for their input.
"The matter is with our top political leaders for discussions we are not late. Everyone hoped the agreement would have been signed yesterday, but let's be optimistic that this will soon come to an end," he said during the closing of a meeting held in Dar es Salaam to mark the initiative's 10th anniversary.
Water security is the only pending protocol in the formation of the permanent Nile Basin Commission. Riparian countries currently chair the body on a rotational basis.
Ministers responsible for water from Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Ethiopia and Congo expressed their willingness to sign the cooperation agreement by February next year as stipulated in the framework without any further delay.
Kenya's director of water resources, Mr John Rao Nyaoro, urged Nile Basin countries to be more practical and strive to sign the agreement by next February.
Water and Irrigation minister Mark Mwandosya said negative perceptions were holding back the signing of the agreement among the Nile Basin countries.
"We have made a lot of progress on the structure of the agreement we have the same aims, but different perceptions need to be resolved so that the agreement can be signed in February, he said Mwandosya.
Source:allafrica.com/
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