Word: gration
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...testimony last week before the United States Senate, the U.S. Special Envoy for Darfur, General Scott Gration, said he no longer believes genocide is taking place in Darfur. Do you feel vindicated...
First, we appreciate General Gration's courage. We know that these facts are rejected by influential centers of power. We stress the fact that the situation in Darfur proves that there is no genocide or ethnic cleansing. The evidence is that displaced citizens from areas where there was fighting - and it is natural that in any area where there is military combat, civilians will emigrate - these citizens emigrated to government-controlled areas under the Sudanese Army, the police and local authorities. The movement of citizens toward government-controlled areas seeking security is evidence that the government could not be responsible...
Until now, no specific action has been required of us in order to have these punishments removed. We were asked to sign a peace agreement to have the punishments removed. We signed, and they have not been removed. We think that the most recent special envoy's efforts, General Gration, and the new direction the American administration is taking to change the policies of the previous administration, and not to fall [to the] same mistakes -we have great hope that these efforts. And with the complete cooperation between us and the American special envoy, we will normalize relations with...
Even when General Gration was appointed there were two opinions. [One held] that this general is coming to implement a "no-fly zone" in Darfur like he did in southern Iraq. We know that "no-fly zones" are not the policy of the armed forces nor General Gration, but the policy of the administration that General Gration and the armed forces implemented...
...doing so. The government has entered new peace talks on Darfur and in June announced that it would allow nongovernmental organizations back into the region following a three-month ban. At the same time, Washington has relaxed a few of its positions on Sudan. Special envoy Scott Gration recently told Congress that there was no evidence to support the U.S. designation that Sudan is a state sponsor of terrorism. Gration has also said that the situation in Darfur is no longer a genocide but only the "remnants" of one. (See pictures of Darfur descending into chaos...