Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan

Amendments tabled for the plenary sitting on this text, in their own numbering series. This is a different set from the committee amendments tracked elsewhere on AmendEU, and is not counted in any of the site’s amendment totals.

1. Amendment 1RenewJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 25 a (new)
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   25a. Stresses that the EU’s current restrictive measures are important, but remain clearly insufficient to halt the ongoing atrocities; calls, therefore, for deeper and sustained diplomatic engagement, notably through the EU Special Representative for the Horn of Africa, Annette Weber, together with concrete accountability measures targeting both the perpetrators and their accomplices around the world; calls, in addition, for the appointment of an EU Special Envoy for Sudan, with a robust mandate to coordinate EU action, liaise with regional partners, facilitate diplomatic engagement and ensure consistent support for Sudanese civil society, human rights defenders, journalists and democratic…

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2. Amendment 2RenewJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 26 a (new)
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   26a. Calls on the Council to urgently trigger the procedure to evaluate whether the RSF fulfils the criteria for inclusion on the EU’s restrictive ‘terrorist list’, ensuring a rigorous review of the substantial evidence of its actions and, if justified, proceeding to a unanimous designation by the EU Member States;

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3. Amendment 3ESNJoint motion for a resolution · Recital D a (new)
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   Da. whereas Sudan ranks 5 out of 50 on the Open Doors 2025 World Watch List, which ranks the countries where Christians face the most severe persecution; whereas the intensification of the war has led to a dramatic increase in the number of Christians being killed and sexually assaulted and in the destruction of Christians’ homes and churches;

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4. Amendment 4ESNJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 20 a (new)
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   20a. Is deeply concerned that the ongoing war has created a power vacuum, making onward migration to Europe easier and enabling human trafficking and smuggling networks to operate along the route to Europe; calls for the EU to engage with countries in North Africa to strengthen their border control capabilities and stem the influx of migrants to Europe;

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5. Amendment 5ESNJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 21 a (new)
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   21a. Calls for the EU to take all necessary measures to ensure that humanitarian aid does not benefit warlords;

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6. Amendment 6The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Recital A a (new)
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   Aa. whereas the Sudanese Revolution of 2018-2019 represented a historic, grassroots and youth-led uprising demanding democracy, economic justice and the dismantling of Sudan’s deeply entrenched militarised regime; whereas millions mobilised in mass strikes, neighbourhood committees, trade unions and women’s organisations to end decades of dictatorship; whereas the hopes of this revolution were deliberately betrayed and crushed by the SAF and the RSF, including through the June 2019 massacre in Khartoum, repeated coups and the systematic exclusion and repression of the civilian and revolutionary forces who led the transition; whereas the current war is the direct consequence of this counter-r…

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7. Amendment 7The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Recital B a (new)
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   Ba. whereas the EU and several of its Member States have for decades maintained political, economic and security partnerships with successive Sudanese regimes, including during periods marked by grave violations in Darfur and other marginalised regions; whereas such relations – including training, technical assistance, migration control arrangements and externalised border management programmes – have in some cases contributed to the empowerment of military, intelligence and paramilitary structures later involved in atrocities;

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8. Amendment 8The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Recital B b (new)
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   Bb. whereas European companies, including in the extractive, agro-industrial, surveillance technology and logistics sectors, have benefited from permissive investment frameworks and opaque concessions in Sudan for decades; whereas insufficient human rights due diligence obligations and weak EU enforcement have allowed certain corporate actors to operate in ways that may indirectly support militarised elites, feed resource contestation or contribute to displacement and environmental degradation;

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9. Amendment 9The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 9 a (new)
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   9a. Urges all states, in particular regional and international powers allegedly providing military, financial, intelligence or political support to the belligerents – including, among others, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Türkiye and Iran – to immediately cease such support, to uphold their obligations under international law and to use their influence to secure a ceasefire and a civilian-led peace process;

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10. Amendment 10The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 9 b (new)
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    9b. Calls for targeted and scalable restrictive measures against financiers, arms suppliers and logistical facilitators of the RSF, including those operating through complex corporate structures, free zone jurisdictions, neighbouring countries or regional stakeholders; expresses concern, in that regard, that the arms embargo on Sudan is being circumvented through the export of components rather than weapons;

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11. Amendment 11The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 9 c (new)
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    9c. Urges the EU to adopt a rights-based approach to refugees and migrants from Sudan;

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12. Amendment 12The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 9 d (new)
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    9d. Stresses the central role of Sudanese civil society, resistance committees, trade unions, women’s and youth organisations, minority and marginalised communities, and other grassroots actors in any political settlement; calls for the EU to prioritise their participation, protection and resourcing, including through direct, flexible funding and safe-space initiatives;

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13. Amendment 13The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 9 e (new)
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    9 e. Demands that the Council and the Member States strictly enforce the EU Common Position on arms exports, and immediately suspend and revoke any export licences and transfers of arms, surveillance technologies, components and dual-use items to states and corporate actors that may directly or indirectly feed the conflict in Sudan or enable regional repression; urges the Commission and the Member States to make all political relations with regional actors conditional on concrete, verifiable steps to halt their support for the SAF or the RSF, including suspending arms transfers, shutting down private logistical channels, ending drone shipments, and stopping the financing of gold and agricult…

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14. Amendment 14The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 9 f (new)
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    9 f. Calls for a comprehensive debt moratorium and, where appropriate, the cancellation of Sudan’s external debt, and for a halt to the austerity-driven conditionalities of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, which undermine public services, social protection, food sovereignty and climate resilience; insists that any future economic support must prioritise social justice, public health, education, sustainable agriculture, land rights and environmentally just reconstruction;

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15. Amendment 15The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 9 g (new)
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    9g. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that future agreements with non-EU countries are designed and implemented to prevent any risk of increasing corruption, empowering or benefiting paramilitary forces or enabling the violation of human rights by state and non-state actors;

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16. Amendment 16Verts/ALE, S&DJoint motion for a resolution · Recital F a (new)
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    Fa. whereas credible investigations have indicated that external actors, notably networks operating from or through the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have supported RSF military procurement, financing, logistics and gold-laundering operations;

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17. Amendment 17Verts/ALE, S&DJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 9 a (new)
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    9a. Expresses deep concern over the documented involvement of networks based in or operating through the UAE in supplying weapons, dual-use items, finance and logistics to the RSF and in laundering conflict gold and other revenue; calls on the UAE authorities to dismantle any such RSF-linked networks, and to fully cooperate with EU and UN investigations; urges the Commission and the Vice-President / High Representative to address this in all relevant EU-UAE frameworks;

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18. Amendment 18Verts/ALE, S&DJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 9 b (new)
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    9b. Calls on the Commission to halt trade negotiations on a comprehensive economic partnership agreement with the UAE until the UAE ceases its involvement in the war in Sudan;

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19. Amendment 19Verts/ALE, S&DJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 10
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    10. Calls for the restoration and strengthening of the rule of law, accountability, respect for international law – including international humanitarian law and human rights law – and justice in Sudan; stresses that Sudan’s future cannot be shaped by violent extremist groups and networks, whose destabilising influence has long fuelled violence and instability in Sudan and across the region; demands the immediate cessation of hostilities and calls on all parties to engage in meaningful dialogue to end the conflict and establish a transition to civilian democratic governance; calls on all third-party actors to support diplomatic actions to secure a cessation of hostilities; condemns all violat…

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    10. Calls for the restoration and strengthening of the rule of law, accountability, respect for international law – including international humanitarian law and human rights law – and justice in Sudan; stresses that Sudan’s future cannot be shaped by violent extremist groups and networks, whose destabilising influence has long fuelled violence and instability in Sudan and across the region; demands the immediate cessation of hostilities and calls on all parties to engage in meaningful dialogue to end the conflict and establish a transition to civilian democratic governance; calls on all third-party actors to support diplomatic actions to secure a cessation of hostilities; condemns all violat…

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20. Amendment 20Verts/ALE, S&DJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 26 a (new)
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    26a. Calls on the Council to urgently trigger the procedure to evaluate whether the RSF fulfils the criteria for inclusion on the EU’s ‘terrorist list’, ensuring a rigorous review of the substantial evidence of the RSF’s actions and, if justified, proceeding to a unanimous designation by the Member States;

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21. Amendment 21PfEJoint motion for a resolution · Recital D a (new)
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    Da. whereas places of worship have been targeted, attacked and misused for military purposes by both the SAF and the RSF over the course of the current conflict, in violation of international humanitarian law; whereas churches have been deliberately targeted, attacked and occupied during military offensives;

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22. Amendment 22PfEJoint motion for a resolution · Recital E a (new)
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    Ea. whereas the joint military coup, carried out by the leaders of both the SAF and the RSF in October 2021, reversed the limited democratic progress made after the overthrow of Omar al-Bashir’s Islamist regime; whereas since the coup, individuals affiliated with the former regime have regained influence across state structures;

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23. Amendment 23PfEJoint motion for a resolution · Recital E b (new)
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    Eb. whereas the ongoing conflict in Sudan threatens regional stability and creates conditions conducive to the presence and expansion of Islamist and terrorist groups, thereby further destabilising Sudan and neighbouring countries;

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24. Amendment 24PfEJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 1 a (new)
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    1a. Strongly condemns the escalating violence in Sudan and the grave violations of international law committed by all parties; stresses that there is no viable military solution to the conflict in Sudan and that the continuation of hostilities inflicts unacceptable suffering on civilians and poses increasing risks to regional peace and security;

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25. Amendment 25PfEJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 10
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    10. Calls for the restoration and strengthening of the rule of law, accountability, respect for international law – including international humanitarian law and human rights law – and justice in Sudan; stresses that Sudan’s future cannot be shaped by violent extremist groups and networks, whose destabilising influence has long fuelled violence and instability in Sudan and across the region; demands the immediate cessation of hostilities and calls on all parties to engage in meaningful dialogue to end the conflict and establish a transition to civilian democratic governance; calls on all third-party actors to support diplomatic actions to secure a cessation of hostilities; condemns all violat…

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    10. Calls for the restoration and strengthening of the rule of law, accountability, respect for international law – including international humanitarian law and human rights law – and justice in Sudan; stresses that Sudan’s future cannot be shaped by violent extremist groups and networks, including those linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, whose destabilising influence has long fuelled violence and instability in Sudan and across the region; demands the immediate cessation of hostilities and calls on all parties to engage in meaningful dialogue to end the conflict and establish a transition to civilian democratic governance; calls on all third-party actors to support diplomatic actions to secu…

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26. Amendment 26PfEJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 19 a (new)
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    19a. Warns that the continued conflict risks further fuelling illegal migration flows towards Europe, which are exploited by human-trafficking networks and create security vulnerabilities for EU Member States;

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27. Amendment 27PfEJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 20
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    20. Highlights the grave risk that the conflict in Sudan will spill over to other vulnerable regions, such as the Horn of Africa and the Sahel, and is gravely concerned by the effects of the Sudanese crisis on irregular migration flows towards Europe;

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    20. Highlights the grave risk that the conflict in Sudan will spill over to other vulnerable regions, such as the Horn of Africa and the Sahel, and is gravely concerned by the effects of the Sudanese crisis on illegal migration flows towards Europe;

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