(12 Dec 2004)
1. Sudanese government delegation
2. Sudanese rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) delegation
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sam Ibok, Chief African Union Mediator:
"That the patience of the international community is not limitless, neither are the resources that are being put at the disposal of our brothers in Darfur and our sisters to end the conflict there. I wish therefore, in the name of our continent, to strongly appeal to our Sudanese brothers and sisters to put an end to these violations of the agreements that they have signed and that having come to this process voluntarily they can bring to an end the tragedy in Darfur."
4. Sudanese JEM rebel delegate
5. Close-up of delegate dressed in military fatigues
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mohammed Tugodlissan, JEM leader:
"(I would like) to send a clear message, a clear message to the Sudan government, a clear message to the international community, that the continuation of these violations which has become the adopted policy of the Sudan government, will affect the process of these talks. This is one. Secondly, I would like to confirm that since the last meeting of the joint commission in Ndjamena the movements completely committed themselves to the peace agreements that (they) have signed - whether the ceasefire agreement in Ndjamena or the two protocols which were signed here in this very hall. And what has exactly happened since that date? The movements have come under continuous and systematic attacks from the Janjaweed militias and from the Sudan government."
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Najib Abduwahab, Sudanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs:
"Most of the violations of the ceasefire has come from the two rebel movements."
8. SLM/A (Sudanese Liberation Movement/ Army) the southern Sudanese rebel group delegation (not fighting in Darfur)
9. France, UK, USA delegates
STORYLINE:
Negotiators from groups battling in Sudan's Darfur region opened their latest round of peace talks on Saturday, with African mediators imploring the government and rebels to resolve their differences without violence.
"The patience of the international community is not limitless, neither are the resources that are being put at the disposal of our brothers in Darfur and our sisters to end the conflict there" Sam Ibok, a top mediator of the African Union (AU) told delegates in the Nigerian capital Abuja.
Previous peace negotiations have failed to stop nearly two years of fighting in Sudan's western region that has killed tens of thousands and left nearly two (m) million people homeless. AU officials said attacks continued this week.
Representatives from Darfur's two main rebel groups and Sudan's government are attending the talks, which were promptly adjourned on Saturday and expected to continue on Sunday.
Ibok said early work will focus on reviewing past interim agreements, with power and wealth sharing and disarmament among the final goals for peace.
An earlier round of talks in November produced accords on humanitarian access to the estimated 1.8 (m) million war-displaced in Darfur and in neighbouring Chad, bringing new pledges of an end to hostilities.
Fighting restarted almost immediately after the November 9 accords signed in Abuja and aid groups accused the Sudanese air force of bombing towns.
The government denied this and the United Nations said it could not confirm the airstrikes, but rebel delegates said on Saturday ongoing government air strikes would hinder the talks.
Disease and famine have killed 70-thousand in Darfur since March, according to the the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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