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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-weight: bold">January 18, 2005 <i>(2:30 p.m. EST)</i><br>
No. 10</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-weight: bold">CANADA APPLAUDS SECOND PEACE AGREEMENT IN SUDAN</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt">Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew today applauded the signing of a preliminary
peace agreement between the Government of Sudan and the National Democratic
Alliance (NDA), the umbrella group encompassing most of Sudan’s organized political
opposition. </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt">“It is very encouraging that many of Sudan’s chronic conflicts are being resolved,” said
Minister Pettigrew. “This preliminary agreement positions Sudan to end more than a
dozen years of low-level conflict in the east and north, and follows the end of the
decades-long civil war in the south. This bodes well for real progress for peace
throughout Sudan in the near future.”</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt">“One of the major groups involved in the Darfur dispute, the Sudan Liberation
Army/Movement, is a member of the NDA,” noted Senator Mobina Jaffer, Canada’s
Special Envoy for Peace in Sudan. “The Sudan Peoples Liberation Army/Movement,
which just signed a peace settlement in southern Sudan, has consultative linkages with
the NDA. I trust that these organizations can work together with the Government of
Sudan in a spirit of goodwill to bring about a speedy and effective political settlement to
the conflict in Darfur.”</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt">For over 20 years, the Government of Canada has worked to address Sudan’s
underlying political problems through vigorous diplomatic efforts. Since 2003, Canada
has contributed over $40 million in humanitarian assistance to Sudan through the
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), for the protection of those
affected by the conflict and support for peacebuilding efforts.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt">More information on Canada’s efforts to address the conflict in Sudan can be found on
the Government of Canada’s Web site at </span></span><a href="https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20070221020627/http://canadasudan.gc.ca/"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://canadasudan.gc.ca</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color: #000000">.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color: #000000">For further information, media representatives may contact:</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color: #000000">Sébastien Théberge<br>
Director of Communications<br>
Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs<br>
(613) 995-1851</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color: #000000">Media Relations Office<br>
Foreign Affairs Canada<br>
(613) 995-1874<br>
</span></span></span><a href="https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20070221020627/http://www.international.gc.ca/"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.international.gc.ca</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p>
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