European Parliament
McGuinness (PPE-DE ).
Mr President, I thank you for your outline of the situation in the Sudan. Just today we have had news from the relief agencies operating out of Ireland that the situation is worse, not better.
I should like to ask you to indicate when we might actually implement sanctions, as opposed to just threatening them. Over half a million people are now in dire circumstances in the Sudan. It may have gone from the headlines, but the problem is still there.

