Full Text of UN Secretary General to the Security Council on Darfur

NEW YROK, Sep 1, 2004 (Sudan Tribune) — The UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said, in a report submitted today to the Secourity Council, the Sudanese government has failed to fully implement commitments to improve the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.

He called for a quick increase in the international monitoring force in Sudan’s western Darfur region, saying the government has not stopped attacks against civilians or disarmed marauding militias.

The report followed the expiration of a Security Council deadline imposed July 30 for Khartoum to demonstrate that it was taking action to curb Arab militias accused of attacking, raping and killing villagers in Darfur, and improve security and humanitarian access or face possible punitive economic and diplomatic measures.

Annan’s report, drawn up by his special envoy for Sudan, Jan Pronk, was submitted to the U.N. Security Council for discussion on Thursday. The 15-nation council has threatened to impose sanctions against Khartoum in case of failure to meet those commitments.

Annan told the council that despite the deadline, and after 18 months of conflict, “the government of Sudan has not been able to resolve the crisis in Darfur and has not met some of the core commitments it has made.”

It mentions some progress” by the government and did not mention or recommend sanctions.

The full text of the report is available at http://www.sudantribune.com/IMG/doc/20040901_UN_SG_Darfur.doc