GAERC - Council Conclusions on Dafur (Sudan)

The Council adopted the following conclusions:

"The Council of the EU is deeply concerned at the reports from African Union observers that several villages in Darfur were bombed by the Sudanese Air Force between 13 and 26 January 2005. The Council utterly condemns these attacks, in which more than a hundred civilians died including large numbers of women and children.

These are the most recent and worst attacks to date in a series of violations of the N'djamena ceasefire. They are a breach of the undertakings repeatedly given by the Sudanese Government and of the obligations imposed by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1556.

The Council expects the Sudanese authorities to cooperate fully in the inquiry into these attacks to be conducted by the African Union and to make an example of all those responsible for what has happened. The Council would repeat that the progress of relations between the EU and Sudan will depend on effective implementation of the undertakings given by the Sudanese Government.

The Council again calls upon all parties to fulfil each and every one of the undertakings they gave in the context of the N'djamena ceasefire and the relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions."

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• Conclusions of EU External Relations Council - Sudan (23/5/2005)
• Haut Représentant Solana a reçu Président Konaré (17/5/2005)
• EU Presidency declaration on Darfur (Sudan) (7/2/2005)
• EUHR Solana expresses grave concern about the recent violence in Dafur (Sudan) (28/1/2005)
• EC strongly condemns recent violence in Darfur (Sudan) (28/1/2005)
• EC is 'deeply concerned' about abduction of three aid workers in Sudan (28/1/2005)
• EU Presidency declaration on Sudan  (11/1/2005)