US says "getting nowhere" with crisis in Darfur
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UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - The international community is "getting nowhere" with the crisis in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, the US ambassador to the United Nations (news - web sites), John Danforth, said.
"Regrettably, the government has made no progress in disarming the Janjaweed," despite Security Council resolutions which have also demanded that the government bring to justice those responsible, said Kieran Prendergast, the UN's top political official.
An estimated 70,000 people have died, many of hunger and disease, and more than 1.2 million people are believed to have been driven from their homes -- most into squalid camps that reports say are still sometimes subject to attack."
There is the effectiveness of UN resolutions and oversight.
SUDAN: The crisis deepens
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AMERICAN ENVOY JOHN C. DANFORTH is riding the equivalent of two wild horses at once as he works through the United Nations to try to rein in dual conflicts in Sudan. The first horse is Darfur, an area in the western region where government-backed Arab militiamen engage in what the Bush administration says is genocide against African rebels.
The developments in Sudan also raise questions about the administration's willingness to follow through on its charge of genocide in Darfur. If it is genocide, then the United States has an obligation under the Geneva Conventions to insist that the perpetrators are brought to justice. No serious effort has been made to prosecute the Janjaweed.
We have brought Saddam to justice for his genocide and crimes against humanity.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...darfur_us_041207191804
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - The international community is "getting nowhere" with the crisis in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, the US ambassador to the United Nations (news - web sites), John Danforth, said.
"Regrettably, the government has made no progress in disarming the Janjaweed," despite Security Council resolutions which have also demanded that the government bring to justice those responsible, said Kieran Prendergast, the UN's top political official.
An estimated 70,000 people have died, many of hunger and disease, and more than 1.2 million people are believed to have been driven from their homes -- most into squalid camps that reports say are still sometimes subject to attack."
There is the effectiveness of UN resolutions and oversight.
SUDAN: The crisis deepens
http://www.stltoday.com/stltod...%3A+The+crisis+deepens
AMERICAN ENVOY JOHN C. DANFORTH is riding the equivalent of two wild horses at once as he works through the United Nations to try to rein in dual conflicts in Sudan. The first horse is Darfur, an area in the western region where government-backed Arab militiamen engage in what the Bush administration says is genocide against African rebels.
The developments in Sudan also raise questions about the administration's willingness to follow through on its charge of genocide in Darfur. If it is genocide, then the United States has an obligation under the Geneva Conventions to insist that the perpetrators are brought to justice. No serious effort has been made to prosecute the Janjaweed.
We have brought Saddam to justice for his genocide and crimes against humanity.
