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Annan: Rebels add to Darfur insecurity
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Wednesday 17 August 2005 6:58 AM GMT
Kofi Annan warned of increasing criminality in the region
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has accused Sudanese rebels of
increasing abductions, extortion and banditry, intensifying
insecurity in the conflict-wracked Darfur region.
The targeting of humanitarian workers, harassment of civilians
and "unprecedented criminality" in the town of Nyala are part of the
"dangerous pattern" of violence caused by the prolonged conflict, he
said.
"While the daily rate of casualties from fighting has declined in
recent months, the damage to the social and economic fabric in Darfur
and the longer term costs of this conflict are steadily becoming
clearer," Annan said in the report to the UN Security Council obtained
on Tuesday by The Associated Press.
Fighting began when Darfur tribes took up arms in February 2003,
complaining of discrimination and oppression by Khartoum.
The government is accused of unleashing the Janjawid militia against
civilians in a campaign of murder, rape and arson.
Hunger and disease
At least 180,000 people have died - many from hunger and disease.
Up to 1.9 million people are
displaced and living in camps
As of 1 July, Annan said, 3.2 million people were in need of
humanitarian assistance and 1.9 million were living in crowded camps
in Sudan, cut off from their traditional lifestyles "and vulnerable to
psychological as well as physical insecurities".
"I urge both parties to recognise that despite some stabilisation of
the security situation in Darfur, at a deeper level, living conditions
are steadily deteriorating," he said.
"The longer the parties allow this climate of no war, no peace to
continue, the higher the price to be paid for restoring safety,
dignity and prosperity to the lives of all people in Darfur."
Corrective action
The secretary-general demanded "urgent corrective action" by the
rebels and the government.
"First, they must control their military commanders and reverse the
slide into predatory warlordism and criminal behaviour," he said.
Rebels in Darfur took up arms in
February 2003
He noted that the government still showed no intention of disarming
the Janjawid or other militias" and is yet to hold a significant
number of them accountable for the atrocities of earlier months."
Second, Annan said, the government and rebels had to prepare to reach
an agreement at the next round of peace talks in Abuja, Nigeria, on 24
August on the divisive issues of sharing power and wealth "which are
at the root of the conflict in Darfur".
Deplored
Annan deplored the government's use of aircraft for observation
during a retaliatory attack against Sudan Liberation Army rebels,
saying this violated UN Security Council demands and its own pledge.
"The longer the parties allow this climate of no war, no peace to
continue, the higher the price to be paid for restoring safety,
dignity and prosperity to the lives of all people in Darfur"
Kofi Annan,
UN secretary-general
The government said it was responding to a 23 July rebel attack
against two convoys escorted by security forces.
The secretary-general blamed the Sudan Liberation Army and the
Justice and Equality Movement - the rebel groups that first took up
arms in Darfur, and last month signed a declaration of political
principles with the government outlining a long-term solution to the
Darfur crisis, for the "considerable rise" in July in abductions,
harassment, extortion and looting.
The abduction of Sudanese working in non-governmental organisations
reached "alarming proportions" at the beginning of July with 10 being
held by the SLA, he said.
Ministry of Health teams conducting polio vaccinations were also
abducted, he said.
Annan also complained that banditry continued to plague Darfur's
highways, and the government had not done enough to prevent sexual
violence and physical abuse of women and girls in the camps by armed
men.
Investigation
Meanwhile, a Sudanese panel set up to investigate the death of first
vice president and former rebel leader John Garang in a helicopter
crash is to visit the site on Thursday, a member of the panel said.
First vice president John Garang
died in a plane crash on 30 July
"The national committee will travel to crash site on Thursday and then
proceed to (the Ugandan capital) Kampala," Siraj Eddin Hamid told AFP.
Garang died on 30 July when a Ugandan presidential helicopter on which
he was travelling crashed on its way back to south Sudan.
Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir issued a decree on 8 August
establishing the seven-member committee to investigate the crash.
The committee includes six aviation experts - three from the Sudanese
government and three from the former rebel group Garang headed, the
Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM).
Agencies
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