Ethiopia slams ICC decision against Sudanese president
March 5, 2009 (ADDIS ABABA) – The Ethiopian government condemned today the arrest warrant issued yesterday against the Sudanese President saying it is against the interest of Sudan and Africa.
Ethiopia, the host country of the African Union headquarters, reminded it is statement the AU position on the case which supports President Al-Bashir and requests the deferral of the ICC jurisdiction on Darfur crimes in order to settle the conflict politically.
“It would not be wise, prudent and in conformity with what would be in the interest of the people of the Sudan, our sub-region and Africa as a whole” said the statement on Thursday. It further recalled that at its first meeting on the matter, the AU’s Peace and Security Council decided to request the Security Council, in conformity with Article 16 of the Rome Statute, for a deferral.
“The Government of Ethiopia has been saddened by this latest development and requests the Security Council to respond favorably to the request already made by the AU, a request which reflects the sentiments of Africa as a whole.”
Ethiopia, which is not a state party to the ICC, would be the first country to receive the Sudanese President after the issuance of the arrest warrant. Al-Bashir should lead the Sudanese delegation to attend the Ethiopian Sudanese Higher Committee which will be held in Addis Ababa on March 10.
The AU’s Peace and Security Council decided today after an emergency meeting to send a high-level delegation to press the UN Security Council to delay the indictment of Sudanese President for a year.
Also the Arab League, which adopted a similar decision yesterday, said today it would coordinate its efforts with the African Union.
After nine months since a request of arrest warrant for the Sudanese President filed by the ICC prosecutor, the Pre-Trial Chamber 1 followed Occampo’s findings on the counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes and responded positively to his request.
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yasuck
Ethiopia slams ICC decision against Sudanese president
Ethiopian government needs to shutup. They can not be able to defend that thug, Al-Bashir without causing them backfire from others who did not agreed with them in this matter. If they think, they have a say in this matter, how came they did not solved this problem before it reached there. They are the big loosers, they losed in Somalia and so much that I am not going to say. I think what they are doing is misleading. Let them try by allowing that thug into their country without him being arrested in their soil.
Nobody above the law and any bad things anyone do against any humanbeing will one huant him
Angelo M
Ethiopia slams ICC decision against Sudanese president
One observer was right when he said “African Union is leading from behind.” They only follow when somebody had taken the risk of leading. I really wonder if their views really represent “Africa.”
It clearly had no power to defend it members, or speak honestly against injustice (See Mugabe with Zimbabwe). It is always leaning on the West to carry it out its goals.
If you can’t help me, don’t try to repesent me please. Look, when Darfur people were being butchered, they were asleep or at least watched the show (Remember Rwanda in 1994) until they got money from the West to go and help. Secondly, they (AU)didn’t have the nerve earlier to confront Bashir in his reign of terror in Sudan, and now AU is claiming to know what Sudanese interests are? What a joke! I wonder who this awkward moving force within AU?
Mr Point
Ethiopia will provide aid to victims in Darfur???????
Who will take responsibility to supply aid, now that the aid agencies have been kicked out by Bashir?
Will the Sudanese government take responsibility for its own citizens?
Will Ethiopia provide aid to victims in Darfur?
Will the African Union now provide aid missions to the displaced people?
Will the Arab League send planes with supplies to feed starving people?
They should tell us how they plan to deal with the humanitarian situation.
Tadesse
Ethiopia slams ICC decision against Sudanese president
Meles, PM of Ethiopia and Top leaders of TPLF should be the next personality to be named by ICC. They are talking high now because they know what they have done for the last three decades. We will provide all the evidence to ICC about the crime done by these individuals.
Nhial Reath Thoan
Ethiopia slams ICC decision against Sudanese president
The Ethiopian Government may have a point there, but the only thing is “everyone will reap whatever they saw.”
Bashir did a lot of bad thing on the original Sudanese Citizen, in which God brought them Today to justice. So the only thing you will know is this,” Whatever God said should happen, no one can say no.”