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UN: Time to force peace in Darfur
 A senior United Nations official says the international community's top priority should be forcing a peace deal in Sudan's troubled Darfur region. Antonio Guterres, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said on Tuesday, it was perilous to have such instability in a country with so many neighbours. Sudan is bordered by Kenya, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Chad, Libya and Egypt.
| Somehow I can't see the UN "forcing" anyone to do anything, starting with Sudan and its duplicitous government... |
At a news conference, Guterres said: "In my opinion, it is the most dangerous crisis point in Africa and in the world in general. That is why I think that the top priority of the international community should be to create the conditions to force a peace accord."
| The conditions to force a peace accord would involve Bashir dangling from a rope and Turabi ripped apart by an angry mob. I'm all in favor, but I'm not sure how Antonio intends to accomplish it... |
Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state said on Monday she favoured a major UN role in Darfur and told Khartoum it must cooperate in accepting international help. Sudan has rejected UN suggestions that western forces should be sent to Darfur, and argues the international community should instead provide more cash to African Union forces already on the ground.
| Forces which have so far been phenomenally successful... |
Posted by: Fred 2006-01-19 |
