Amnesty International has accused China and Russia of supplying arms to Sudan that are being used to attack civilians in Darfur, in breach of a U.N. arms embargo. Amnesty has also accused two close U.S. allies — Kuwait and Saudi Arabia — of supplying arms. Over 200,000 people have been killed in Darfur in recent years. Meanwhile, on Monday, officials from the United Nations and African Union met the head of the Arab League to discuss Darfur.

Jan Eliasson, U.N. special envoy for Darfur: “Practically everyone we have talked to has said there is no military solution. And if they say there is no military solution, then there is only one logical conclusion, namely that there has to be a political settlement. So we would now hope to see all of the movements. We still have work to do in that respect, but hope that they will also be coming to those negotiations in good faith and be preparing themselves for real negotiations.”