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	Ali Osman Taha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ali Osman Taha (also transliterated "Othman" or "Uthman") has been the first Vice President of Sudan from 1998 to the present.
		Taha is a graduate of the Faculty of Law at the University of Khartoum and was known for his academic prowess.
		Taha, along with John Garang are credited as being the co-architects of Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement which brought Africa's longest civil war to an end on the 9th of January 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ali_Osman_Taha (211 words)

	SudanTribune article : NEWSMAKER-Sudan Islamist turned peacemaker with southerners. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Taha took a direct role in peace talks in September 2003 and with Garang, leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), achieved a major breakthrough with a deal on the structure of Sudan’s army, overcoming one of the toughest issues that had faced the two sides.
		Analysts say Taha’s influence among inner government circles and a strong streak of pragmatism are the secret of his success.
		Taha was promoted to first vice president from foreign minister when his predecessor died in a plane crash in 1998.
	www.sudantribune.com /article.php3?id_article=7444 (423 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Programmes \| Hardtalk \| Sudan: Ali Osman Taha
		AOT - We are doing our best to meet that deadline but definitely, due to logistical problems and limitations we have at the moment, I don't think the time frame is practical.
		AOT - No, no..He was arrested a few years back when there was enough evidence to do so by this very same government and if anything comes up again to warrant him being arrested or even sentenced, we will not hesitate to do so.
		AOT - That would only be acceptable if we think really this helps in controlling the case but we still believe Sudan's government as far as manpower is concerned can do the job.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/programmes/hardtalk/3547082.stm (1204 words)

	Ethio-Sudan Bilateral Trade Relation Said Way Below Expectation
		Taha, trade agreements alone can not work unless supplemented with a complete package of measures, agreements and projects that expedite their implementation.
		Taha said, the two countries, since 2000, have embarked on a number of activities that would help them to achieve strengthening the relationship.
		Taha also highlighted that a number of agreements were signed on electricity, trade, border issues, trade-customs, transit as well as road and air transport.
	www.addistribune.com /Archives/2002/04/26-04-02/Ethio.htm (473 words)

	Darfur rights abusers to be tried by Sudanese courts - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Sudan's first vice-president, Ali Osman Mohammed Taha, told the SC on Tuesday that his government believes it has the will, the commitment and legal expertise to prosecute those accused of committing violations to justice.
		Baali further added that the issue of accountability is very controversial one and could complicate the deployment of a 10,130-strong UN peacekeeping mission which the SC is expected to approve as an additional enforcement to last month's peace deal that ended the country's 21-year civil war between the north and the south.
		Taha and the SPLA/M leader John Garang who both were speaking to the SC, called for an immediate end to fighting and a resumption of peace talks with the goal of reaching an agreement in 2005 to end the Darfur conflict.
	www.aljazeera.com /me.asp?service_ID=7092 (871 words)

	Sudanese veep, rebel leader ... - Jun. 06, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		NAIROBI - Sudanese Vice President Ali Osman Taha and rebel leader John Garang on Saturday signed a declaration recommitting themselves to a series of peace protocols and officially launched a final round of talks aimed at ending 21 years of civil war.
		Taha and the head of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army signed the Nairobi Declaration on the Final Phase on Peace in Sudan in the presence of Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki in his Nairobi offices.
		The declaration encapsulates deals struck over the course of two years of talks on issues such as power- and wealth-sharing and the establishment of a six-year interim period of autonomy for south Sudan.
	www.inq7.net /wnw/2004/jun/06/text/wnw_5-1-p.htm (644 words)

	Sudan VP vows resistance to UN peacekeepers
		Sudanese Vice President Ali Osman Taha, seen here in October 2004, has vowed the regime would maintain its opposition to a UN peacekeeping force for Darfur and hailed Hezbollah as a model of resistance.
		Sudanese Vice President Ali Osman Taha has vowed the regime would maintain its opposition to a UN peacekeeping force for Darfur and hailed Hezbollah as a model of resistance, official media said.
		Taha was the third government official to speak out against the Security Council's decision to take over the longstanding African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in Darfur.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=140225 (717 words)

	Sudan
		From the Sudanese side, Prime Minister El Ajhari in 1967, President Nimeiri in 1974 and the Foreign Minister Ali Osman Mohamed Taha in 1995, have visited India.
		Ali Osman Mohamed Taha visited India from 30 May to 3 June, 1995.
		Foreign Minister of Sudan Ali Osman Taha again visited India in April, 1997 to attend the 12th Ministerial Conference of NAM Countries.
	meaindia.nic.in /foreignrelation/sudan.htm (930 words)

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		ADDIS ABABA, 28 Feb 2005 (IRIN) - Sudanese vice president, Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, reaffirmed Khartoum's commitment on Friday to the withdrawal of government forces from the troubled western region of Darfur.
		Speaking in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Taha said his government had already started to pull back its forces as part of an African Union-backed ceasefire agreement, whereby Khartoum agreed to withdraw troops to lines occupied before it launched a major offensive on 8 December.
		Taha said a date for the talks between rebels and the government would be announced after the Cairo mini summit on 5 March.
	www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=45802&SelectRegion=East_Africa&SelectCountry=SUDAN (696 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Sudan Government, Southern Rebels Sign Peace Deal
		NAIROBI - The Sudanese government and the southern rebel group called the Sudan People's Liberation Movement have signed a comprehensive peace agreement to end almost 22 years of war.
		Sudanese vice president, Ali Osman Taha, and Sudan People's Liberation Movement leader, John Garang, signed the peace deal in front of more than a half-dozen heads of state, senior officials, and representatives of governments from around the world.
		Secretary of State Powell also used the opportunity to urge an end to the two-year-old conflict currently taking place in the Darfur region of western Sudan, where the United States and other governments have said "genocide" against the fl population has taken place.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/5-1-9/25617.html (530 words)

	The Epoch Times \| South Sudanese Rebels to Release Prisoners of War
		The protocols also outline the roles to be played by the president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the first vice-president, SPLM leader John Garang, and provide for a vice president to deputize for Garang in his absence.
		It did not say who would be vice president, but analysts say chief government negotiator and current first vice president, Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, could well take the post.
		The permanent ceasefire sets up joint armed units, totaling around 40,000 troops, to be deployed throughout the south and the three previously disputed areas of Abyei, Southern Blue Nile and South Kordofan, as well as one unit in the capital.
	english.epochtimes.com /news/5-1-6/25535.html (592 words)

	Sudan Watch: Sudan's VP Taha meets SLA leaders Minawi and Nur
		The UN News Centre's near verbatim transcript of a press briefing by Jan Pronk, UN special envoy for Sudan, 17 August 2005, explains the Darfur rebels are flown to the peace talks and sleep at the Hilton in Abuja, Nigeria.
		AP report says on Tuesday 11 April, 2006 Sudan's Second Vice-President, Ali Osman Taha, met one of the leaders of Darfur rebel group SLM, Mani Arkoi Minawi, at his residence in the Hilton Hotel, Abuja.
		Taha had told Minawi that what they discussed in Tripoli had received full interest from the Sudanese leadership.
	sudanwatch.blogspot.com /2006/04/sudans-vp-taha-meets-sla-leaders.html (1161 words)

	Remarks to the Press with Sudanese Vice President Ali Osman Taha and Sudan People's Liberation Movement Chairman John ...
		When last we were all together it was in October of 2003 at Lake Naivasha, and I remember saying to my colleagues at that time that we must bring this negotiation to a successful conclusion, that people of Sudan would not forgive any of us if we did not seize this opportunity for peace.
		I would like to offer my congratulations, not only to the good General, but especially to Vice President Taha and Dr. Garang for their determination, their patience, their dedication to making sure that there was a successful outcome to this negotiation.
		VICE PRESIDENT TAHA: Well, the question to me was that now on the stipulations of the peace agreement Dr. John Garang will become the first Vice President of Sudan.
	www.state.gov /secretary/former/powell/remarks/2005/40461.htm (2281 words)

	www.hornofafrica.de
		Asmara, 24 May 2006 – A high-level Sudanese government delegation headed by Vice President Ali Osman Mohammed Taha attended the 15th anniversary of Independence Day that was celebrated at national level today.
		Shortly after arrival in Asmara before noon, the Sudanese delegation met with President Isaias Afwerki during which it conveyed message of congratulations from the people and Government of Sudan to the people and Government of Eritrea on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of Independence Day.
		Ali Osman Mohamed Taha commended the constructive role Eritrea had played to promote solution to the problems of Sudan beginning from Naivasha to Abuja.
	www.hornofafrica.de /english/2006_eng/05_may_2006/may24_pia-aliosman_eri.htm (259 words)

	Sudan govt demands may delay Darfur troops decision - Boston.com
		Sudan's Vice-President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha attends a meeting with EU officials, U.N. and U.S. experts in Brussels March 8, 2006.
		Washington urged foreign ministers from the member nations of the African Union to go ahead with an expected decision on Friday and ask the United Nations to take control of the 7,000-strong AU mission in Sudan's troubled western region.
		Taha said Khartoum could consider an unspecified U.N. role if talks with rebels, being held in the Nigerian capital Abuja, yielded a deal to resolve the conflict.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2006/03/09/darfur_needs_un_force_says_sudans_opposition (750 words)

	ISG & IAGS -- Institute for the Study of Genocide, International Association of Genocide Scholars
		Taha's name appears on an important list of genocidaires compiled in a report by the US Congress (October 22, 2004).
		Moreover, Taha's name has in all likelihood been suppressed in the recent Report of the International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur to the UN Secretary-General (Geneva, January 25, 2005).
		And Taha's name also almost certainly appears on a confidential list of Khartoum's genocidaires compiled by the US State Department.
	www.isg-iags.org /actionalerts/20050207.html (325 words)

	NewsFromRussia.Com Violence in Darfur: where is the end?
		At their meeting in Khartoum, Sudanese Vice President Ali Osman Taha told the second-ranking U.S. diplomat that the Sudanese government is working diligently to stop the violence in Darfur.
		Taha has given such assurances before about his government's effort to end the conflict in western Sudan, which has raged for more than two years and has killed an estimated 180,000 people.
		At their meeting in Khartoum, Sudanese Vice President Ali Osman Taha told the second-ranking U.S. diplomat that the Sudanese government is working diligently to stop the violence in Darfur More details...
	newsfromrussia.com /world/2005/04/15/59144.html (1722 words)

	SudanTribune article : Vice-president sees Sudan moving towards dialogue, reconciliation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		CAIRO, June 18, 2005 (Sudan Tribune) — The following is an excerpt from speech by Sudanese First Vice-President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha at the ceremony of the signing of the agreement between the Sudanese government and the opposition National Democratic Alliance in Cairo on 18 June, broadcast by Egyptian satellite TV on 18 June.
		Sudan’s Vice President, Ali Osman Mohammed Taha waves after signing the Sudanese reconciliation accord between the Sudanese government and the National Democratic Alliance, an umbrella opposition grouping, in Cairo Saturday, June 18, 2005.
		[Ali Osman Taha - In the name of the Merciful and the Compassionate.
	www.sudantribune.com /article.php3?id_article=10230 (495 words)

	Sudan VP urges Darfur rebels to join peace deal
		Sudanese Vice President Ali Osman Taha exhorted two holdout Darfur rebel groups to sign a fragile peace agreement reached in Nigeria early this month.
		Taha also reiterated his government's calls on all Darfuris to disarm but did not elaborate on the measures taken to disarm the infamous Janjaweed, a pro-government militia accused of perpetrating genocide.
		Taha, whose regime is under intense US and international pressure to accept a UN contingent to take over from AU peacekeepers, reiterated that such a deployment could only take place at Khartoum's request.
	archive.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=123848 (537 words)

	Iran Daily
		US Secretary of State Colin Powell (c), flanked by Sudan's Vice President Ali Osman Taha (l) and the country's main rebel leader John Garang before a press conference in Nairobi, Jan. 8.
		Sudan's First Vice President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha and John Garang, chairman of the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), signed the accord at a ceremony in Kenya's capital Nairobi, ending a 21-year-old old conflict in the south that has killed an estimated two million people mainly through famine and disease.
		In front of 12 African heads of state or government and US Secretary of State Colin Powell, Garang and Taha put their names to a series of protocols signed by junior colleagues in two years of talks that together constitute an overall accord including a permanent ceasefire.
	www.iran-daily.com /1383/2186/html/politic.htm (2160 words)

	SudanTribune article : African force should stay beyond September 30 - Taha
		Sept 18, 2006 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan has urged the African Union to extend the mandate of its truce monitors in Darfur, ahead of a crucial vote by the African body and amid mounting pressure on Khartoum to accept UN forces.
		The African Union’s Peace and Security Council was due to hold a vote on extending the mandate later Monday in New York but the gathering was postponed due to the absence of key leaders.
		Taha reiterated that his government was willing to offer financial assistance to the AU force, an offer first made at an Arab summit in Khartoum in March.
	www.sudantribune.com /spip.php?article17672 (551 words)

	Sudan News & Views (No.5) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Omer Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir removed Dr. Hussain Sulieman Abu Salih as Minister of Foreign Affairs and was replaced by the regime's strong man Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, who used to hold the position of Minister of Social Planning.
		Other appointments included Mohamed Osman Khalifa, who took over the Ministry of Social Planning, and Badr El-Din Sulieman, a long-serving minister and ally of former President Ja'afer Numeiry, as Minister of Industry.
		One of the accused Siddig Ali, however, is reported to have confessed.
	www.africa.upenn.edu /Newsletters/SNV5.html (1925 words)

	Breakthrough in the Peace Negotiations for Sudan (Norway - the official site in the United States)
		Taha and Dr. Garang all through this last negotiating round, which has been going on since September 2003.
		Since September 2003, the negotiations have been conducted directly between First Vice President Ali Osman Taha, and the SPLM leader, Dr. John Garang de Mabior.
		The Minister has had close contact with both parties, particularly with the two chief negotiators, Ali Osman Taha and Dr. John Garang, all through the negotiations.
	www.norway.org /News/archive/2004/200402sudan.htm (1019 words)

	United Press International - SUNA English - Vice-President Taha affirms desire of the government for dialogue with the ...
		Khartoum, Oct. 15 (SUNA)- Vice-President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha has affirmed desire of the government for dialogue with the American Administration and shift with the two countries' relations from the stage of confrontation to the stage of dialogue and negotiations..
		Taha affirmed during the meeting that the government is determined to achieve peace in Darfur basing on the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA)..
		The US President's Envoy, on his part, said that his mission in Sudan is based on dialogue with the government to find solutions for the outstanding issues..
	www.upi.com /Arabia2000/view.php?StoryID=20061015-195717-4162-r (185 words)

	Sudan government signs peace accord with northern opposition leader (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Sudanese Vice President Ali Osman Taha signed Thursday a peace accord in Saudi Arabia with northern opposition leader Mohammed Osman al-Mirghani, according to Sudan's ambassador in the Saudi capital.
		"Vice President Ali Osman Taha signed tonight a peace accord with the leader of the opposition Democratic Unionist Party Mohammed Osman al-Mirghani," Osman al-Dardiri, Khartoum's ambassador to Saudi Arabia, told AFP without providing details of the accord.
		He said the signing took place in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah and that Taha had ready left Saudi Arabia after arriving there earlier in the day.
	www.spacewar.com /2003/031204200335.vazthvd3.html (313 words)

	afrol News - Top-level talks to resolve Sudan peace deadlock
		SPLM leader Garang today arrived Kenya, where he is to meet with Khartoum's Vice President, Ali Osman Mohamed Taha.
		Mr Taha is seen to be in a position to take binding decisions on behalf of the Khartoum regime, being a trusted partner of President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir.
		Both are known to be hardliners and Vice-President Taha furthermore is said to be critical towards the peace process in general.
	www.afrol.com /printable_article/10487 (698 words)

	Entrenching Impunity: Government Responsibility for International Crimes in Darfur: III. Background
		President El Bashir and other senior officials had knowledge of the abuses and did little or nothing to prevent them, judging from the record of crimes carried out by the Sudanese armed forces and allied militias for months after these reports were widely known.
		Frequent allegations have been made that Vice-President Ali Osman Taha is the key government policymaker where Darfur is concerned—and that he was one of the primary instigators of the policy of militia recruitment and use.
		For instance, community leaders in Darfur and others with whom Human Rights Watch spoke asserted that Vice-President Taha has a personal link to Musa Hilal, and it was through his personal authority that Hilal was released from prison in 2003, and elevated to be the coordinator of the Janjaweed militias.
	hrw.org /reports/2005/darfur1205/7.htm (2018 words)

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