Darfur: it’s time to break the China connection

A TRUE measure of the Irish Government’s commitment to conflict resolution in our aid programme is their effort in Darfur, as pointed out in your editorial headlined ‘Government must act on Darfur crisis’ (Irish Examiner, September 19).

A decision to cease trade with China, one of Sudan’s strongest allies, would not only show solidarity with Darfur’s vulnerable people, but would also leave the Chinese in no doubt about this country’s abhorrence of their attitude.

China has lucrative oil ties with Sudan and, along with Russia, refused to vote for the recent UN resolution to send in peacekeepers.