THE PEACE PROCESS

THE DARFUR ROAD-MAP, SUDAN AND THE FUTURE

The international community's response to the crisis in Darfur, especially media coverage, has been varied and in some cases short- sighted. The key question that has not been asked much is a simple one. Where does the international community want to be in two years time with regard to Darfur and Sudan?

 

THE SEARCH FOR PEACE IN THE SUDAN 1989-2001

There has been civil war in Sudan off and on since 1955. The first phase of the conflict was brought to an end by the 1972 Addis Ababa agreement signed between the government and southern rebels led by General Joseph Lagu. Civil war re-ignited in 1983.

 


"The people in Sudan want to resolve the conflict. The US is committed to overthrowing the
government in Khartoum. Any sort of peace effort is aborted, basically by policies of the
United States...Instead of working for peace in Sudan, the US government has basically
promoted a continuation of the war."

Former United States President Jimmy Carter
THE MACHAKOS PROTOCOL, 20 JULY, 2002

[Under the seal of the IGAD "Secretariat on Peace in the Sudan"]

WHEREAS the Government of the Republic of the Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Sudan People's Liberation Army (the Parties) having met in Machakos Kenya, from 18 June 2002 through 20 July 2002 under the auspices of the IGAD Peace Process;

 

 

 


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