Documento - Sudán: El gobierno pone obstáculos a la fuerza de mantenimiento de la paz de la ONU y la AU en Darfur
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
PRESS RELEASE
AI Index: AFR 54/063/2007 (Public)
News Service No: 202
22 October 2007
Sudan:
Government obstructs UN/AU peacekeeping force for Darfur
Amnesty International today called on the government of Sudan to end the obstruction to the speedy deployment of the United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), the hybrid UN/AU force due to take over from the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) by the end of December 2007.
In a short report released today, Obstruction and Delay: Peacekeepers needed in Darfur now, Amnesty International highlights the key obstructions and delays to the deployment of the UN peacekeeping force by the government of Sudan, as well as the international community's failure to offer UNAMID urgently-needed equipment, such as military helicopters.
"The prevailing insecurity in parts of Darfur is unacceptable. UNAMID is facing the same types of barriers from the government of Sudan which so weakened the African Mission in Sudan (AMIS) peacekeeping force", said Erwin van der Borght, Amnesty International's Africa Program Director.
"The government of Sudan must accept the AU-UN agreement regarding the composition of the force, allow it to be properly resourced to be able to fulfil its mandate, including with sufficient arms and means of land and air transport, ensure that there are no restrictions on UNAMID’s freedom of movement, and make land immediately available for the establishment of UNAMID bases."
In the absence of an effective international peacekeeping force, human rights violations continue to be perpetrated against civilians with impunity.
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