Tuesday, June 05, 2007

South Africa's Tutu urges tough action against Khartoum over Darfur

World leaders must follow the United States move to impose fresh sanctions against Sudan for its refusal to allow a major United Nations-led peacekeeping force into war-torn Darfur, South African Nobel laureate and archbishop Desmond Tutu said Tuesday.Adressing leading European lawmakers, Tutu said he endorsed "wholeheartedly the imposition of targeted sanctions on Khartoum. "

The international community must set the Sudanese government a tough deadline to accept UN peacekeepers, disarm militia forces and allow humanitarian aid to Darfur, the former Anglican archbishop and anti-apartheid struggle veteran said.

He also said that China, the biggest buyer of Sudanese oil, must be pressed to raise its voice against the Sudanese government.

Echoing Tutu's views, key members of the European Parliament called for a boycott of the 2008 summer Olympics Games in China if Beijing did not stop economic and political support for Khartoum. Read more >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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