Sudan slams UN statements on Darfur attacks
February 24, 2008 (KHARTOUM) — Assistant to the Sudanese president, Nafi Ali Nafi, described the statement made by the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, regarding the army attacks in Jebel Moun area, West Darfur, as unfortunate.
In his monthly report to the Security Council, Ban condemned “in the strongest possible terms” attacks on civilians in three towns in West Darfur on Feb. 8 that caused an estimated 200 casualties and forced over 10,000 civilians to flee across the border to Chad.
Nafi said he hopes that such statements were not in response to Western pressures, wishing that the UN will remain an international body for the whole world not only the big powers.
He also requested the UN Secretary General to correct his statement and allow greater opportunity for cooperation between the Sudanese government and the international organization.
He pointed out that Ban Ki-moon statements on changing the agreement with the United Nations in South Sudan senseless.
He added “we are fully aware of attempts by the Americans to transform the accord between Sudan and the United Nations on southern Sudan as one of mechanisms of action in Darfur, a matter that we reject and consider as transgression of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and we will not allow this”
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