International Crisis Group calls for targeted sanctions on Sudan

International Crisis Group calls for targeted sanctions on Sudan

Johannesburg (AND) The International Crisis Group (ICG) has called on the UN and other influential governments to slap targeted sanctions on key officials in Sudan.

The call, coming barely a week after the imposition of punitive sanctions by the US on the Sudanese regime is meant to force Sudan to accept a UN peace-keeping force in the war torn Darfur.
Sudan has repeatedly refused UN help, preferring the AU force which is currently suffering logistical and funding problems. ICG also wants western Darfur to be declared a no fly zone. The ICG calls on the UN, the US and the EU to work together or unilaterally, to slap members of Sudan's ruling National Congress Party (NCP), who have been named in UN-sponsored investigations for involvement in atrocities in Darfur, with asset freezes and travel bans.

"The situation in Darfur demands the most effective response possible. That can only come through the full UN deployment, and efforts need to be concentrated to bring it about as rapidly as possible," said the ICG in its 11 October report.
Johannesburg Bureau, AND