Sudan issues warning to UN chief and his special envoy
August 17, 2008 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government warned the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon from making statements in support of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The powerful Sudanese presidential adviser Nafi Ali Nafi told Sudan TV that Ban and Qazi “are playing with fire”.
“We tell those who support the court [ICC] that this is a red line for us and this [warning] excludes no one in any capacity” Nafi said.
The UN chief said in an interview with the Egyptian daily Al-Ahram that there should be no impunity for war crimes perpetrators in Darfur. He also expressed confidence “that the ICC will be able to enforce its decisions”.
The Sudanese official also accused US, Britain and France of standing behind the decision by the ICC’s prosecutor last month to charge President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir. He cited “regime change” as the main motive.
Nafi also lashed out at the French government and dismissed its proposal to resolve the ICC row.
“The French role in supporting the charges against Al-Bashir is a result of the growing Zionist influence in France. I see no taste or smell or use from the so called French initiative” he said.
The French proposal was conveyed by the Sudanese foreign minister Deng Alor last month and included a request to hand over Ahmed Haroun, state minister for humanitarian affairs, and militia commander Ali Mohamed Ali Abdel-Rahman, also know as Ali Kushayb.
But Nafi said that his country will not deal with the ICC and that all Sudanese rejected Ocampo’s accusations.
He also noted the recent appointment of a special prosecutor for Darfur by Sudan’s justice minister and said it was meant to “speed proceedings”.
However Nafi stressed that the special court “will not indict people based on what the Westerners want”.
The ICC’s prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo filed 10 charges: three counts of genocide, five of crimes against humanity and two of murder. Judges are expected to take months to study the evidence before deciding whether to order Al-Bashir’s arrest.
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Mr Point
Sudan issues warning to UN chief and his special envoy
The Sudenese court did investigate war crime in Darfur in 2006. It did not find any evidences.
Maybe the ICC also will not find enough proofs and there will be no trial.
Maybe.
lojur lokiden
Sudan issues warning to UN chief and his special envoy
This is how a coward dog barks. The foolish Khartoum gov`t thinks that barking will frighten the ICC,UN and UNMIS, But these bodies are working hard to speed up the prosecution. The others are barking because they suspect themselves before Ocampo will anounce their names. The likes of the claimed strongest adviser to the indicted president, Nafie Ali Nafie are open eyed every night because of their fears. The soil of sudan is open to recieve you to add more oil that you have been fighting for. Continue barking and Ocampo will close your mouths for you.
by Lolege lojur
Thyinka
Zionist conspiracy or what not, NCP must go
It doesn’t matter what NCP will do, in fact the negative publicity that Bashir indictment has created is already reverberating through the NCP political machine. Haha
Justice must take it due course.