 (SomaliNet) The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticized SudanÂ’s rejection of a UN effort to deploy an international peacekeeping force to the Darfur region saying there is no foundation to President Omar Hassan Al-BashirÂ’s characterization of a UN presence as a colonial intrusion in Darfur, VOA reported.
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SudanÂ’s president, Omar Hassan Al-Bashir in the past days rejected the deployment of a UN peace keeping force in SudanÂ’s war torn region of Darfur. According to HRW Deputy Director for Africa, Georgette Gagnon, UN forces deployed to Southern Sudan and other African countries play a vital role in quelling conflict and curbing violence.
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Gagnon said that African soldiers actively participate in the UN missions, which bear little resemblance to a colonial imposition. "BashirÂ’s statement that UN forces in Darfur would be a colonial intrusion is simply ridiculous. There are already UN forces in Southern Sudan that are monitoring implementation of the peace agreement between BashirÂ’s government and Southern-based rebels. There are also 14 UN peacekeeping missions in African countries in the past several years: Angola, Liberia, Libya, Mozambique, Uganda, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone, just to name a few. These forces always have contingents from African states, either as peacekeepers or military observers or as civilian police," she said. |