Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor John Bercow (Conservative), on Wednesday, 20 June 2007, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 66 members in total.

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DARFUR OIL TRUST FUND

That this House believes that the establishment of a UN Oil Trust Fund for Sudan, such as that proposed by the Aegis Trust, learning from international experience, would be an effective way of adding to the pressure on Khartoum to accept in full the proposed UN-African Union peacekeeping mission and also prohibit the misuse of oil revenues which are currently used to fund the operations of the Sudanese military and Janjaweed militias; notes that such a programme would ensure that the wealth sharing clauses within the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement ending the civil war with South Sudan are honoured in full; notes that essential services such as health, education and humanitarian aid would remain available to the Sudanese civilian population; believes that some monies should be retained to act as a reparations fund for victims of the crisis in Darfur; further notes that such a programme would not hinder the supply of Sudanese oil to countries currently in receipt of oil export agreements, such as China, India and Japan; and calls upon the UK Government to introduce the proposal at the UN Security Council on the earliest possible occasion.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1743 

Session

2006-07

Other sponsors

Lord Bruce of Bennachie

Stephen Crabb

Chris Mullin

Ann McKechin

Michael Moore

Subjects

Humanitarian aid Oil United Nations Sudan

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk