Sudan calls on UNSC to void possible arrest warrant for Al-Bashir
August 24, 2008 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government said it will ask the UN Security Council (UNSC) to nullify the application by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) requesting an arrest warrant for Al-Bashir.
The ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo asked pre-trial judges in mid-July to issue arrest warrants for Sudanese president Omar Hassan Al-Bashir.
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.
Abdel-Mahmood said the allegations were masterminded by “circles hostile to Sudan aimed at smearing the country’s reputation and hinder its development and democratic transformation”.
The Sudanese diplomat said that Africa, Islamic world, Arabs, Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and other regional organizations are strongly behind Khartoum.
He further said that all these groups are in contact with the UNSC “to correct the situation” created by the ICC move.
The African Union, Arab League, Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) called for invoking Article 16 which allows the UNSC to suspend the ICC prosecutions in any case for a period of 12 months that can be renewed indefinitely.
Sudanese officials have as of late been making statements saying that a suspension will not be acceptable and demanded a cancellation of charges leveled against Al-Bashir.
However the UNSC does not appear ready to address the ICC issue at the moment due to opposition of veto wielding members of the council particularly Western countries.
Sudan has not ratified the Rome Statue, but the UNSC triggered the provisions under the Statue that enables it to refer situations in non-State parties to the world court if it deems that it is a threat to international peace and security.
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Hammuel Merari
Stop The Bickering
Hey my name is Hammuel Merari and I am from Israel and I have been reading your comments in the past days and I find it equally disturbing from both sides that you people are ready to engage in such racism against your own people listen look at America theres Black people,Latinos and white and asians and french and look at them they all get along so please stop the bickering and remember that you guys are one country,one people and I totally,absolutely agree with Moe Montana on this subject and I truely admired it when he said….. They say: “A family that prays together, stays together and one that walks apart just falls apart” so TOGETHER we STAND divided we FALL, UNITED we form SUDAN and take on ALL!!” and may I add this that sooner or later and if the president does become indicted they are immediately gonna call his vice president in and guess who he is its selva karr who is going to come under much scrutiny as they will believe that the president cannot do it on his own so believe me when I say this that although I love the west and America deeply I speak the truth and I wanted to say that the west and its allies main plan is to get money from sudan from oil and incase you think otherwise please take the courtesy of looking on the internet and seeing how much barrels of oil darfur has got you would be amazed and shocked and you will see why America wants to take over sudan as darfur has more than 100 billion barrels in Darfur Alone and thats its estimation and believe me when I say this America invaded Iraq because of oil they havent attacked kuwait or saudi arabia because of oil so this indictment by luis Moreno Ocampo is a self proclaimed attack by the west on Sudan and I cannot tell you how to act except for this you southerners in sudan respect and like America but little did you know America fought a civil war in 1861 and then president Abraham Lincoln killed Many Southerners and still look at them now they Have moved past this Ideological thinking that because Im white Im superior and instead they forged an alliance and today they are standing as beacon of hope and oppurtunity for the whole world so think yourselves in this modern day and think about all the hate which you compass and your mutual resentment towards others for what they have done in the past but in order to move on we must forgive and stop living divided and also think about what you guys could have accomplished by now you Sudanese people have the potential to rise up and live as one so think about it all this hate towards the northerners whats it gonna achieve in the near future and all this hate from the southerners whats it going to achieve Biar M Bul? in the end you will achieve nothing so I hope in the near future you people will understand that living divided means the very end of Sudan and once where a great civilization lived the nubains who are still living today so think about this comment I just wrote and God Bless this world!!!!!!!!
Kur
Sudan calls on UNSC to void possible arrest warrant for Al-Bashir
Someone needs to apologise to NCP because somebody has asked their leader to account for the crimes committed in Darfur. What a joke. Who is going to pologise to those who are suffering in Darfur? Let’s wait and see perhaps Ocampo is going to send an pologetic letter to Bashir saying that I was wrong to charge you of genocide that your forces committed in Darfur while you have the right to order killing and rape since you’re the president of Sudan. This may give comfort to restless Abdel- Haleem who fears for his own future. Or maybe somebody will ask Allah to change Ocampo’s mind to cancel the charges.
Kur