DARFUR IN PERSPECTIVE

By Professor David Hoile

Published by The European - Sudanese Public Affairs Council

Appendix 6

GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIVE MEASURES ON DARFUR

KHARTOUM, July 06, 2004 (SUNA) -- Following are the titles of the resolutions [issued by the representative of the Sudanese president in Darfur states and the minister of interior to restore law and order in western Sudan]: -

Resolution No. (1) for 2004 (To strengthen the security measures and protect the citizens in Darfur state.)

Resolution No. (2) for 2004 (Opening of police centers in the displaced camps and to strengthen the security measures in Darfur state.)

Resolution No. (3) for 2004 (To extend the necessary help to the committees and the African surveillance force.)

Resolution No. (4) for 2004 (Deployment of the armed force and the participating force and the security institutions in Darfur state to prevail security and protect the citizens and their properties in Darfur.)

Resolution No. (5) for 2004 (To facilitate the measures for granting entry visas to the workers of the voluntary organizations working in the sphere of humanitarian aid in Darfur state.)

Resolution No. (6) for 2004 (Exemption of all the humanitarian aid imports from any restrictions or customs tariff or any personal fee.

Resolution No. (7) for 2004 (Repeal of measures regarding the specifications on the humanitarian aid imports to Darfur state.)

Resolution No. (8) for 2004 (To facilitate the freedom of movement for those working in the humanitarian aid organizations in Darfur state.)

Resolution No. (9) for 2004 (To facilitate the flow of humanitarian aid to the displaced people in Darfur state.)

Resolution No. (10) for 2004 (Exemption of humanitarian aid from the health and medical measures in Darfur state.

Resolution No. (11) for 2004 (Exemption of agricultural inputs, fodders, and seeds in Darfur state from any restrictions or customs tariff or any personal fees)

Resolution No. (12) for 2004 (Exemption of humanitarian aid imports to Darfur state from any imports restrictions.)

Resolution No. (13) for 2004 (Exemption of humanitarian aid imports in Darfur state from the wounded stamp fee.)

Resolution No. (14) for 2004 (To activate the measures regarding the governments of Darfur states to guarantee the flow of the humanitarian aid and the humanitarian aid imports to the state and to ensure the return of the displaced to their villages)

Resolution No. (15) for 2004 (To facilitate the work of the facts finding committee in regard to the allegations of human rights violations committed by armed groups in Darfur state).