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Sudan's Bashir must cooperate with ICC: UN
Sudan must work with the International Criminal Court whatever it decides regarding a possible arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir over Darfur, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday. "He should fully cooperate with whatever decisions the ICC makes," Ban told reporters at a news conference. Last year chief ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo asked the court's judges to indict Bashir for orchestrating what he described as a campaign of genocide in Sudan's western Darfur region that killed 35,000 people in 2003 and at least another 100,000 through starvation and disease. Sudan rejects the term genocide and says 10,000 people died in the conflict. U.N. officials say at least 2.5 million were left homeless and put the death toll as high as 300,000. U.N. diplomats say the judges will likely decide in favor of indictment and announce their decision this month. Posted by: Fred 2009-02-12 |
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