Recommendations

To the Government of Sudan

Facilitate the full, safe, and unimpeded access of humanitarian personnel and the urgent delivery of humanitarian assistance to all populations in need in Darfur, expedite entry visas and travel authorization for all humanitarian aid organizations and workers, and fully cooperate with such organizations;
Permit U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland and other diplomatic and aid officials full access to Khartoum and Darfur;
Maintain and fully implement the 2004 government moratorium on restrictions on humanitarian work in Darfur and extend it to all of Sudan;
Remove all regulations on the operations of national and international nongovernmental organizations, including the 2006 NGO law, that place unnecessary obstacles and constraints on humanitarian assistance, and desist from bureaucratic and other obstruction of such operations;
Remove all obstacles to, and cooperate fully with, the operations of AMIS, and support the urgent transition of AMIS to a U.N. force;
Cease to provide arms and logistical, financial, and other support to all militia groups in Darfur and disarm them; and
Take all necessary steps, including by issuing clear public orders to government forces and police, including the Border Intelligence Patrol guards and government-sponsored and supplied paramilitary and militia forces, to immediately cease attacks on civilians, civilian property and humanitarian operations.

Stop all attacks on humanitarian convoys and humanitarian personnel and cease interfering with the impartial distribution of humanitarian assistance; and
Remove all obstacles to and cooperate fully with the operations of AMIS.

Demand that the government of Sudan facilitate the full, safe, and unimpeded access of humanitarian personnel and the urgent delivery of humanitarian assistance to all populations in need in Darfur, whether under government or rebel control;
Take all necessary measures to ensure the deployment of a U.N. force in Darfur immediately upon, if not before, the September 30, 2006 expiry of the AMIS mandate;
In the interim period prior to a transition to a U.N. force, support the African Union’s efforts in Darfur to reach full operational capacity and to robustly interpret its mandate to protect civilians and humanitarian operations, and urge member states to provide AMIS with increased support for personnel, equipment, and funding and other resources from national and multinational forces to enable it to effectively protect civilians and humanitarian operations pending transition;

Extend targeted sanctions to Sudanese government officials, rebels and others identified by the Panel of Experts of the Sanctions Committee of the Security Council; and
Extend the arms embargo from Darfur to cover all of Sudan.

Insist that the government of Sudan facilitate the full, safe, and unimpeded access of humanitarian personnel and the urgent delivery of humanitarian assistance to all populations in need in Darfur, whether under government or rebel control;
Exert maximum political pressure on the government of Sudan to remove all obstacles to, and cooperate fully with, the operations of AMIS and support the urgent transition of AMIS to a U.N. force;

Provide increased financial and technical resources to AMIS to ensure that it is fully funded and able to robustly protect civilians and humanitarian operations, and monitor an enhanced ceasefire agreement; and
Ensure that humanitarian agencies operating in Darfur are adequately funded.

Proactively and aggressively interpret AMIS’s mandate to protect civilians and humanitarian operations;
Work with donors and national and multinational forces urgently to secure logistical and financial resources to support an increased force posture; and

Deploy in each sector fully equipped quick reaction forces to respond immediately to imminent threats to civilians and humanitarian operations, including along the Chad-Sudan border.

May 2006