Translated by Maurice Gruffat

Russia proposed sanctions against the rebels. Great Britain suggests the Security Council ought to find out the reasons why the two parties came to wage a bloody war on each other instead of sitting at a conference table to settle their disagreements through talks. Once China had prevailed upon the Sudan to accept the Hybrid Peace-keeping Force, the special Chinese envoy, Liu Gujin, said in February that the only problems one came across in the field just now were of a technical order, and that is the reason why his country stood against the sanctions and the embargo, “ the victims of which would be the common folks.” The sanctions that had been envisaged were targeted at individuals . The absence of sanctions gave Khartoum the green light for a policy of atrocities . The Chinese press pretended that the Chinese were being gladly welcomed by the Darfur people, which was a flagrant lie . The same Chinese press kept quiet about the exactions and the humanitarian crisis. Chinese aid to solve the human and material problems was almost totally inexistent . China maintained that the sale of Chinese weapons and armaments to Sudan represented only 7% of this country's import, which was another blatant lie ( Eric Reeves on March 3 rd ) . Faced with the threat of failure of the Olympic Games to be held in China , and after his visit to the Darfur , Liu Guijin spoke of “ a humanitarian disaster that has driven millions of people away from their homes and has caused the death of tens of thousands of them . It is the Sudanese Government's main concern to put an end to the slaughter and the bloodbath.” China has now come to urge the Sudanese Government to speed up the coming of the UN Blue Helmets, more particularly the contingents from Thailand and Nepal (Reuter 07-03). The European Parliament passed an unprecedented resolution: “ The sale ( of the PetroChina shares ) is sending off a clear signal that the European Parliament loathes the links of a society with a State that does so little to put an end to the violent conflict wrecking the Darfur.” Twenty Moslem associations, which stand for the defense of human rights and for international aid and cooperation, appealed to the Arab League. They condemn the Sudanese Government for their obstruction to the presence and action of the Blue Helmets. They are all in favour of a ceasefire, promote peace negotiations and take an official stand against violence .