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| August 1, 2008 |
A spineless Security Council caves in to Khartoum yet again
Juba, Southern SudanIn the wake of their shameful refusal to take a stand on Zimbabwe, the Security Council continues its alarming slide down the human rights slope.
The ICC recommendation to indict Al-Bashir sends a message to brutal regimes around the globe that they can no longer enjoy complete impunity. Whatever they might be saying publicly, Khartoum is surely reeling. And there are 52 thugs beneath Bashir who might be next. Everywhere we (the Nobel Women's delegation) travel, the first question asked by the press is what we think about the indictment. Here in Southern Sudan many feel it presents an opportunity for the SPLM to step in and play a major role.
UN reauthorizes Darfur peacekeeping
UNITED NATIONS (AP) The U.N. Security Council has approved another year of peacekeeping in Sudan's Darfur region despite sharp divisions over genocide charges against the Sudanese president.
The United States supports the mission but abstained from the council's 14-0 vote Thursday night.
It objects to language in the resolution that notes that the African Union wants the council to freeze the International Criminal Court's prosecution of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.
U.S. spokesman Richard Grenell says that language sends the wrong signal to a man who presided over genocide.