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China's special envoy on Darfur, Liu Guijin, recently criticized Sudan for not allowing UNAMID (the United Nations-African Union hybrid peacekeeping mission for Darfur) to fully deploy. While such criticism by China—a powerful friend of Sudan—is welcome, it ultimately has little meaning as long as China continues to sell weapons to Sudan that are helping to fuel the conflict in Darfur.
China is currently by far Sudan's largest known provider of small arms, small arms parts, and ammunition. Trade data maintained by the United Nations shows that for the period 1999 to 2005, Sudan imported a total some $80 million worth of armaments, and that nearly 57 percent came from China (including Hong Kong).
Urge the government of China to immediately halt all arms sales to Sudan and support the extension of the United Nations Security Council arms embargo on Darfur to all of Sudan.
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