Ahern urges action on Darfur

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The Government is gravely concerned at the humanitarian situation in Darfur, Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern said today.

As Sudan continues to block UN peacekeeping troops from entering its country, a global day of action took place to press for an end to the conflict. Up to two million people have been displaced and a further three million more are dependent on humanitarian assistance.

In a strongly-worded letter, Mr Ahern today urged the Ethiopian government to press its ally Sudan to allow the deployment of UN troops.
“Ireland is gravely concerned by the continuing political and humanitarian crisis in Darfur,” Mr Ahern wrote in the letter to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.

Ireland has provided €3m for humanitarian, human rights and civilian policing aspects of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS).


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dermot aherns latest salvo in the fight for the ff leadership

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The Government is gravely concerned at the humanitarian situation in Darfur, Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern said today.

As Sudan continues to block UN peacekeeping troops from entering its country, a global day of action took place to press for an end to the conflict. Up to two million people have been displaced and a further three million more are dependent on humanitarian assistance.

In a strongly-worded letter, Mr Ahern today urged the Ethiopian government to press its ally Sudan to allow the deployment of UN troops.
“Ireland is gravely concerned by the continuing political and humanitarian crisis in Darfur,” Mr Ahern wrote in the letter to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.

Ireland has provided €3m for humanitarian, human rights and civilian policing aspects of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS).


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Good stuff, glad to hear this

[Rocky]

It's good to see him saying something. I wouldn’t give him too much credit though. As usual FF has waited till everyone has said the same thing and then has just jumped on the bandwagon.

Hopefully this day will help in ending the terrible genocide that is going on in Sudan and it is good to see people showing that they do care about what is going on in Africa. I was disappointed that there was no protest organised in Ireland like there was in England and the US though.

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I was disappointed that there was no protest organised in Ireland like there was in England and the US though.

There is only protest when there is an anti-British, anti-American, or anti-Israeli aspect to it.

The UN can carry on being useless without anyone protesting. You'd think lessons would have been learned after Rwanda.

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I was disappointed that there was no protest organised in Ireland like there was in England and the US though.

There is only protest when there is an anti-British, anti-American, or anti-Israeli aspect to it.

The UN can carry on being useless without anyone protesting. You'd think lessons would have been learned after Rwanda.

The UN, unlike other international bodies such as the EU, NATO, etc is no more than the sum of its parts. It has next to no independent capability and even less on issues like Darfur where peacekeeping intervention might be required. Blame the members of the Security Council but lets cut Mr Annan some slack, he does the best he can with no godwill and next to no resources.

[Rocky]

I was disappointed that there was no protest organised in Ireland like there was in England and the US though.

There is only protest when there is an anti-British, anti-American, or anti-Israeli aspect to it.

The UN can carry on being useless without anyone protesting. You'd think lessons would have been learned after Rwanda.

The UN, unlike other international bodies such as the EU, NATO, etc is no more than the sum of its parts. It has next to no independent capability and even less on issues like Darfur where peacekeeping intervention might be required. Blame the members of the Security Council but lets cut Mr Annan some slack, he does the best he can with no godwill and next to no resources.

Annan could put more pressure on countries like China, Russia and of course Sudan itself and even attack them on this issue. These countries try to put themselves off as morale and an attack from Annan could hurt this opinion themselves. However he refuses to do this. Although he is perfectly capable of attacking the US. A bit of strong leadership could achieve an awful lot, however I think you would find it hard to find a man weaker then Annan.