Key excerpts from UN council resolution on Darfur
July 31, 2008 (UNITED NATIONS) — The U.N. Security Council on Thursday renewed a mandate for peacekeepers in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region for another year and agreed to discuss suspending any international war crimes indictment of Sudan’s president.
A year after the Security Council authorized a combined force between the U.N. and the six-year old African Union to deploy 26,000 troops and police for Sudan’s arid western region, the mission is struggling with only 9,500 in place.
While all agreed the renewal of the peacekeeping mandate was imperative, an African demand, backed by Russia and China, that the text include concerns about the possible indictment caused a deep division in the Security Council. The United States let it pass but abstained from voting in opposition to the text.
Following are key points from the resolution approved on Thursday:
– It says there is a need to bring to justice perpetrators of crimes against the civilian population; urges the Sudanese government to do so and condemns human rights and international humanitarian law violations in Darfur.
– It notes a request from the African Union for the council to use its power to suspend any indictment of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes in Darfur.
– It refers to concerns raised by members of the Security Council regarding ‘potential developments’ subsequent to the International Criminal Court prosecutor on July 14 accusing Bashir of masterminding a campaign of genocide in Darfur. It notes ‘their intention to consider these matters further.’
– It reiterates concern for the decreasing security of humanitarian personnel, including killings of humanitarian workers in Darfur.
– It reiterates there can be no military solution to the conflict in Darfur.
– It demands that all parties cease hostilities and immediately commit to a sustained and permanent cease-fire.
(Reuters)
To read the full text of the UNSC resolution 1828, please go at
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article28114
julius mowanga
Key excerpts from UN council resolution on Darfur
Halelooia,Africans are great.
African Union shows that ,we are the black masses have the alternative powers,and we are capable of handling our problems without any interferences by Uncle Sam and his alliance…..
I feel proud today that,the African Diplomacy is mature enough,to tackle such issues,despite the immense pressures from the Imperial Powers.
So lets take the lead as SouthSudanese to express our National Patriotism by conveying an utmost pressures in our Central Govenment”GOS“,to emplement the CPA all over Sudan,and particulary the Abbyei Protocol and Darfur iniciatves.Time has come to play a constructive role to support and save our African People in Darfur.
SPLM/A Oyeee,NewSudan Oyeee