In Southern Sudan, oil is being   exploited principally by the Canadian company Talisman which is being targeted by Canadian NGOs on the theme: "Sell your shares, they are dripping with blood". This has forced the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to conduct an investigation on the ground. Its conclusions are even worse than those reached by the NGOs. 

The Canadian government suggested that sanctions against Talisman would be useless since the company belongs to a larger consortium including Chinese and Malaysian companies. It added that in order to improve the situation, Talisman should seek the advice of NGOs specialised in the defence of Human Rights. Does the Canadian government think that the latter could be efficient at all were any such NGO allowed by Khartoum to work on the ground? The only efforts made by Canada consist in opening an embassy in Khartoum - to the great satisfaction of the government in Khartoum - and in pressing the Security Council, which it will chair from mid-April, to exert its influence in favour of a peace process in the region. Is Canada willing to ignore the fact that China, a permanent member of the Security Council, is not sensitive in the least to the Human Rights issue and will constantly oppose a decision contrary to Sudan's interests, its partner as a weapon purchaser and oil producer?
When there's oil at stake, who cares about genocide?