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| US vows tough sanctions in new Sudan strategy |
| 2009-10-20 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] United States President Barack Obama on Monday unveiled a new strategy on Sudan, offering incentives if the Khartoum government worked toward peace, but said it faced tougher steps if it failed to act. "Our conscience and our interests in peace and security call upon the United States and the international community to act with a sense of urgency and purpose," Obama said in a statement. Unveiling the new U.S. policy toward Sudan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said genocide was taking place in Darfur and the U.S. focus would be on protecting civilians, helping displaced persons and ensuring that militias were disarmed. "First, we must seek a definitive end to conflict, gross human rights abuses and genocide in Darfur," Obama said, in the statement issued as the State Department unveiled a new U.S.-Sudan strategy. "If the Government of Sudan acts to improve the situation on the ground and to advance peace, there will be incentives, if it does not, then there will be increased pressure imposed by the United States and the international community." |
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