Mr. Speaker, Canada continues to be very concerned about the human rights, humanitarian and security situation in Darfur.
Canada reiterates its urgent appeal to all parties to the conflict to immediately cease attacks against the civilian populations and to ensure safe and unhindered access by humanitarian agencies to affected populations.
We continue to play a leading role in efforts to end the suffering of the people of Darfur.
Through CIDA, Canada provides critical humanitarian assistance to affected populations in Darfur through various partners. We are also a principal supporter of the African Union's peacekeeping mission.
Canada is part of a concerted international diplomatic effort led by the UN and the AU to end the suffering of the people of Darfur.
We recently participated in a meeting in Tripoli where a consensus was reached to coordinate all regional initiatives under an AU-UN lead.
Canada will continue to seek to ensure that the AU-UN hybrid force is implemented in Sudan as quickly as possible to address the humanitarian and security situation in Darfur.