Appeal to the United Nations Security Council

SHRO-Cairo

The Sudan Human Rights Organization Cairo Office (SHRO-Cairo) seizes the opportunity of the United Nations Security Council meetings in Nairobi today (November 18, 2004) to urge the Council to support the Sudanese national efforts to establish the permanent and just peace and the regular democracy for the whole country on the basis of international human rights norms.

The Organization Peace Group recalls in this important occasion the Appeal to the World on the Human Crisis of DarFur (August 2004), which urged the UN Secretary Ge neral and the other addressed parties to support the peace efforts of the People of Sudan.

SHRO-Cairo reiterates its continuous appeals to the Sudan Government and the other warring groups to convene a national conference for all political parties and civil society groups to enforce the national consensus on the permanent and just peace a nd the regular democracy in accordance with international human rights norms.

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– Mr. Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General (New York)
– UN Commission on Human Rights (Geneva) < BR>
– African Commission on Human Rights (Banjul)
– The IGAD (Nairobi)
– The African Union (Addis Ababa)
– The Arab League (Cairo)
– The European Union (Brussels)
– Sudan Government (Khartoum)
– The National Democratic Alliance (Sudan)

The Undersigned appeal to the world, to the civil societies, the labor and trade unions, and all social forums and peoples’ democracy, peace, and human rights organizations to join this Call to stop the human suffering of the Sudanese people in Darfur, Western < /I>Sudan. We hold the government of Sudan! fully responsible for the perpetration of the civilian atrocities in Darfur.

Aware of the tragic dimensions of the Darfur’s Crisis, which amounts to state-led genocide as it has increasingly perished the lives of thous ands as well as the displacement of a million citizens seriously endangered with illness, starvation, and death, the Undersigned support the principles of inter national intervention for the creation of Peace Corridors in Darfur under the au spices and the ongoing monitoring of the United Nations and the African Union.

The safety of Darfur Peace Corridor s must be guaranteed by monitors from the African Union with the backing of the United Nations. The Sudan Government should be held responsib le for all security matters along the Corridors. As the main responsible party, the government must be accountable before the United Nations Security Council fo r all breaches of security along the Peace Corridors.

We call for the crea tion of safe havens, full re-instating of the victimized indigenous population i nto their misappropriated lands and for the simultaneous removal of recently set tled government militia and their supporters from such lands. Legal, administrat ive, and financial compensation and humanitarian aid for these victimized people must be fully ensured before they return to their identified homes. We call for the immediate enforcement of these urgent measures with clearly defined mission and objectives.

We hold the government responsible for the perpetration of the conflict in Darfur: the urgent tasks facing us now are to alleviate the present plight of the Darfur victims and to lay the blame for the present humanitarian crisis squarely on the Sudan government. We call on the competent authorities to apprehend and to put on trial all of the war criminals who committed heinous crimes – including killing and other bodily injury, burning of homes, crops and entire villages, lo oting and pillage, branding and mass rape of women and children – against the in nocent civilians of Darfur.

The Darfur war criminals, and their main accomplices, whether Janjaweed militias or government officials, must be f airly tried before an international war crimes tribunal. These trials should be independent, publicly supported, and guided by the principles of international l aw and customary law.

We believe the final resolution to end the Darfur conflict lies mainly with the Sudanese people. We have no doubt t hat the Sudanese will end the current dictatorial regime, and will fulfill their aspirations for democracy and the peaceful resolution of all conflicts within t he Sud an’s borders. Therefore, we ask the international community to support all efforts o f the Sudanese people to bring a comprehensive, lasting and just peace to that p resently deeply troubled country.