Friday, March 28, 2003
France is teaming with Libya on the U.N. Human Rights Commission to lift international restrictions on Sudan. The commission, chaired by Libya, is scheduled to meet in Geneva on Thursday and the first item on its agenda is to give Sudan a passing grade on human rights.
France, a leading member of the commission, indicated that it would support Libya's move to change the human rights status for Sudan. The deputy press counsel for the French Embassy in Washington, D.C., confirmed the report.
"There are no more sanctions against Sudan," stated the French Embassy press spokeswoman, Agnes Vondermuhal.
"Sanctions were lifted by the U.N. in 2001. The U.S. still maintains sanctions against Sudan," she stated. [...]
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