EU Calls for U.N. Investigation on Sudan
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European Union foreign ministers called Monday for the United Nations to "immediately investigate" whether atrocities in Sudan's Darfur region constitute genocide, highlighting growing impatience with the Sudanese government for failing to end the conflict.
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afrol News, 13 September - Foreign Ministers of the European Union (EU) today decided to investigate whether the situation in Sudan&#39;s Darfur provinces should be termed &quot;genocide&quot;.
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The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal court asked the U.N. Security Council on Thursday to put pressure on Sudan because of its refusal to hand over two suspects charged with war crimes.
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The European Union pressed Sudan on  Friday to accept a 20,000-strong U.N. peace operation in  Darfur, warning a security vacuum there could lead to a  humanitarian crisis reminiscent of the Rwanda genocide.
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The European Union and the United Nations are considering sending troops and police to  protect Darfur refugees and other homeless people in neighboring Chad, a senior U.N. official said on Friday.
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NATO officials say they are considering a United Nations request to support a possible African Union peacekeeping mission in Sudan&#39;s western Darfur region.
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The EU expressed concern on Sunday at  breaches of a cease-fire in Darfur and urged the Sudan  government to unilaterally sign protocols on allowing aid  access in the region, despite the refusal so far of rebels to  do so.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday to immediately address the escalating atrocities in Darfur by sending an independent team of investigators to the volatile Sudanese region.
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Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot said here on Saturday that the European Union(EU) may impose sanctions on the Sudanese government if it fails to comply with UN resolutions on the Darfur crisis.
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BRUSSELS -- The United Nations' special envoy for Sudan appealed yesterday for European logistical help in urgently deploying thousands of African peacekeepers to Darfur, where months of conflict has killed more than 50,000 people and uprooted a million more.
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 18 -- The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution Saturday threatening possible sanctions against Sudan and establishing a U.N. commission of inquiry to investigate atrocities in Darfur, Sudan, and to determine whether Sudanese authorities and militias are responsible for committing genocide there.
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The European Union is "open to consider" new sanctions on Sudan, the bloc's foreign policy chief said Tuesday after President Bush called for more pressure Sudan's government to halt bloodshed in the Darfur region.
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EU leaders call on Sudanese government, other parties to meet demands set out by international community. BRUSSELS - European leaders expressed &quot;grave concern&quot; about the deteriorating plight of Sudan&#39;s Darfur
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has set up a commission of inquiry to investigate and determine whether genocide has been committed in Sudan&#39;s strife-torn western region of Darfur.
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The UN calls for an independent investigation into reports of human rights abuses in Ethiopia's Ogaden region.
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EL FASHER, Sudan  - A U.N. team has arrived in  Sudan to investigate whether genocide has occurred in the  country's Darfur region where more than 1.5 million people have  been made homeless by conflict, a U.N. spokesman said on  Monday.
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The African Union needs increased United Nations support if it is to continue its peacekeeping operation in Darfur, European Commission aid chief Louis Michel said on Monday.