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We have made the decision to allow the Secretary General of the United Nations Mr. Last week at the Holocaust Memorial museum, President Bush announced the steps that we are prepared to take if Sudanese President Bashir does not meet his commitments in a short period of time. These robust international forces are required to improve the security of affected populations. In fact, there are more internally displaced persons in Darfur today than when the Darfur Peace Agreement was signed in May of 2006.Īt each stop along the way in Africa I urged my interlocutors to support the deployment of a hybrid United Nations/African Union peacekeeping force for Darfur with a single unified chain of command that conforms to United Nations' standards and practices.

The AU - the African Union - and the United Nations are on the ground and working hard, but they face serious challenges. With respect to the security situation, our focus is on supporting the ongoing AU and UN efforts to contribute to peace and stability in Darfur. Sudan's recent agreement with the United Nations to facilitate humanitarian operations is an encouraging sign, but we will be watching carefully and expect prompt implementation. The denial of visas, the harassment of aid workers and other measures have created the impression that the Government of Sudan is engaged in a deliberate campaign of intimidation. Yet when it comes to humanitarian access, the Government of Sudan's record is not encouraging.

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Visiting the refugee and IDP camps in Darfur and Chad, I was able to see firsthand how important it is that civilians have full access to humanitarian aid. We are the largest single donor to both Sudan and Eastern Chad, where we provide basic assistance and emergency food aid to refugees and internally displaced persons. In the humanitarian area, the United States has done a great deal to support the victims of this instability. The United States is convinced that the violence in Darfur and neighboring Chad is increasingly linked and that instability in each of these states contributes directly to instability in others and that we need to urgently move forward on each of these three fronts. All of these elements deserve the immediate attention of the Sudanese Government and the international community. There is widespread agreement that the Darfur crisis has three main elements: humanitarian, security and political. The principal purpose of my trip was to - throughout was to convey the United States' commitment to ending the crisis in Darfur. Alongside the inauguration, I also had bilateral discussions on Darfur with the President of Senegal, the President of Mali and a Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister. The Libyan Government shares our resolve to find a solution to the Darfur crisis and I encouraged my Libyan counterparts to continue to work with the United States, the United Nations and the African Union on this matter.Īnd in Mauritania, I headed the United States delegation to the inauguration of President Abdallahi, a historic event and a true celebration of an ongoing democratic transition in Africa. In Libya, I met with several of leader Qadhafi's top advisors in Tripoli.

I also visited refugee and internally displaced person camps in Eastern Chad.

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In Chad, I had a series of meetings in N'Djamena with President Deby, members of Chadian civil society and non-signatories to the Darfur Peace Agreement.

I also had the opportunity to travel to Juba, which is in Southern Sudan, and Darfur, where I reviewed humanitarian and peacekeeping issues with the United Nations and African Union officials as well as meeting with internally displaced people. I thought perhaps I'd read you a brief statement and then take whatever questions you might wish to direct to me.īut to briefly recap my travels, in Sudan I met in Khartoum with President Bashir and his leadership team. I'm accompanied this morning by Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer, who was with me on this four-nation swing that we took through Africa. Good morning - good afternoon, everybody. So I'll turn it over to the Deputy Secretary.ĭEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE: Thank you, Sean. He will give a brief opening statement talking a bit about his recent trip to Africa in which he visited Sudan, Libya and Chad as well as Mauritania, and then he'll be open to take a few questions about his trip. We have down for you this afternoon a special guest briefer, Deputy Secretary Negroponte. View Video of Deputy Secretary Negroponte Jendayi Frazer, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Briefing on Their Recent Travel to Africa John D.