[wvns] US sanctions 'won't help Darfur'
US sanctions 'won't help Darfur'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6704203.stm
Twenty-five of this man's friends were buried in this Darfur grave
World renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs has condemned the US decision
to impose fresh sanctions on Sudan over Darfur.
Mr Sachs said this would do little to address the underlying causes of
the four-year conflict, which he said was a squeeze on natural resources.
The ban on companies trading or banking with the US would do little to
achieve peace in "one of the most desperate places in the world", he
said.
More than 200,000 people died in the conflict and 2m have fled their
homes.
'No real resolution'
Mr Sachs made his attack on President George Bush's decision to impose
tougher measures on Sudanese individuals and businesses doing trade
with the US while on a visit to Nairobi.
Until we face the development challenge... I'm afraid we are not
going to have real resolution to this crisis
Jeffrey Sachs
The BBC's Karen Allen in Nairobi says Mr Sachs, a professor at
Columbia University and an adviser to the UN secretary-general, has
long been a critic of US foreign policy.
"Until we face up to the underlying reality that at the core, Darfur
is a hungry, water-stressed, impoverished area that needs economic
development as its real hope for finding long-term peace," he said.
"Until we face the development challenge and make clear that we're
ready to help on the development challenge, I'm afraid we are not
going to have real resolution to this crisis."
He rejected suggestions that more economic aid for Sudan would in
effect be sanctioning impunity.
Sudan's government and the pro-government Arab militias, known as the
Janjaweed, are accused of war crimes against the region's black
African population
SANCTIONS ON SUDAN
30 Sudanese firms targeted
Mostly firms in oil business
Three individuals listed
Barred from US banking system
Barred from business with US
Americans take up cause
Mr Bush wants Sudan to allow more United Nations peacekeepers into
Darfur and to stop backing the Janjaweed militias.
Mr Sachs said sending in more peacekeepers, the hybrid force which the
international community is pushing for, would serve little purpose
until a coherent economic development plan is built into a strategy
for bringing stability to Darfur.
Sudan denies supporting armed groups and says the suffering in Darfur
has been exaggerated for political reasons.
After Mr Bush's announcement, European Union foreign policy chief
Javier Solana said the bloc was open to considering new sanctions
against Sudan.
Last Friday, the Security Council endorsed proposals to let a combined
UN-African Union peacekeeping force protect civilians and use force to
prevent violence.
The existing AU force has been unable to stop the conflict.
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