UN rights body appoints independent expert for Sudan
June 18, 2009 (GENEVA) — The UN human right council today voted today for the creation of an independent UN Human rights expert for Sudan with a one-year mandate.
Samar have said in her report that Sudanese government forces continue to attack civilians in Darfur. The Sudanese delegation in Geneva said the report does not reflect the true picture of the human right situation in Sudan.
Sudan’s allies in the council including Egypt, China, Qatar and Yemen also criticized the report.
The council called on Sudan “to continue and intensify its efforts for the promotion and protection of human rights by taking all possible concrete steps to improve the human rights situation”.
Sudan has attempted to lobby the 47-member council to end Samar’s mandate and the scrutiny over the human right situation on its territory.
But the US which joins the council formally on Friday played behind the scene role in preventing Sudan from getting the required number of votes.
Sudan secured the votes of China, Cuba, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia and South Africa.
However, the result of the vote was 20 in favor and 18 against creating the independent expert post.
Surprisingly five African countries abstained from voting including Senegal, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Ghana and Gabon. Zambia and Mauritius voted in favor.
Abdel-Dayem Zumrawi, Sudanese undersecretary at the Ministry of Justice told Sudan news agency (SUNA) said that the appointment of the special investigator contradicts the affirmations of human right progress in Sudan.
He added that there was no condemnation or reference to human right violations and expressed surprise that the council did not terminate any special mechanism for the situation in Sudan.
Zumrawi accused the European Union (EU) of executing a “political agenda” by pushing for a Sudan investigator.
The commissioner for the consultative human right council in Sudan Abdel-Moniem Osman Taha said the decision does not reward his country for its efforts in that regard.
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Hashim Ali Mohomed
UN rights body appoints independent expert for Sudan
Ibeen one of the member who met Zumrawi and the issue was the comnasation of the effective people of the Merowe dam mainley those who decide to be around the lake Mr: Zamrawi went to Almanasir personly and he saw the misreable condition for the people over there [they are in tents,their animals died,]NOw its time for school and the state keep promising,doing nothing the president in his latest visit to the Nile state said he assist the goverment officials to help those around the lake who are in miserable condition Alayaam News paper mention that
The real Misharlize are the effective people of the dam who stay around the lake , Now the team of the Justice are in Almanasir after one year of the flood .
Where is UN rights body ?