International Development - Fifth Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 16 March 2005.
Contents
Terms of Reference
Report
Summary
Background and acknowledgements
1 Darfur, Sudan and the Responsibility to
Protect
The Committee's inquiry and visit to Sudan
The responsibility to protect
2 Meeting humanitarian needs?
Early warnings, donor response and the
role of the media
Ignoring early warnings?
A slow donor response?
The role of the media
Humanitarian access: Government obstructions,
logistics, insecurity
The Government of the Sudan's obstructions
Logistical challenges
The threat of insecurity to the humanitarian
response
The humanitarian system: Capacity, coordination
and leadership
Humanitarian agencies' speed of response
Coordination gaps: IDPs, camp management
and voluntary return
A leadership vacuum
Towards effective humanitarian relief?
Darfur's continuing humanitarian needs
Reforming the international humanitarian
system
The limits of humanitarian relief
3 Providing protection and security by exerting
political pressure?
Negotiating the political and security
landscape
Sequencing and the prioritisation of the
North-South peace process
Was the North-South peace process (CPA) prioritised
over Darfur?
The prioritization of the CPA: Consequences
for Darfur
Sequencing: A misguided and unnecessary approach?
The role of the African Union: African-led
solutions for African problems?
The involvement of the African Union
The AU-hosted talks in Abuja
The AU's Mission on the ground
A stronger mandate
More troops and police
Cooperation with human rights organisations
and others
Working on the basis of strategy?
An excuse for inaction by others?
The UN Security Council: Maintaining international
peace and security?
Oil, national interests and the UN
The UN Security Council: Divisions and weakness
A referral to the International Criminal
Court?
Targeted sanctions and an extended arms embargo
Diplomatic negotiations and the responsibility
to protect
Dealing with the Government of the Sudan
Collective in-action: Who has a responsibility
to protect?
4 The responsibility for development
Governance and political change: Institutions
for peace?
The new Sudan: Good governance, justice and
human rights
Local solutions to conflicts over land and
resources
Development and livelihoods: Incentives for
peace?
Oil revenues, transparency and development
Rebuilding shattered livelihoods
Shared responsibilities, accountability and
effective partnerships
Investing in peace and development
Accountability and the responsibility to
protect
Conclusions and recommendations
List of acronyms
Formal minutes
Appendix: ICID Executive Summary
Witnesses
List of written evidence
Reports from the International Development
Committee since 2001
ORAL AND WRITTEN EVIDENCE - HC67-II
Monday 29 November 2004
Tuesday 14 December 2004
Tuesday 21 December 2004
Wednesday 9 February 2005
Tuesday 22 February 2005
Wednesday 23 February 2005
Written Evidence
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