| Boy howdy, nothing gets past Kofi. |
In his monthly report to the U.N. Security Council, Annan said "a dangerous increase" in violence in recent months has affected the delivery of humanitarian aid and claimed the lives of civilians and five members of the 6,700-strong African Union peacekeeping force. "The looming threat of complete lawlessness and anarchy draws nearer," he wrote.
Annan said further deterioration can be averted only by rapidly consolidating the progress made at the sixth round of peace talks between the Sudanese government and Darfur rebels which ended in October.