Christian slave from Darfur who was purchased back from her Arab masters.
In another front of global jihad, the Islamist Sadanese government is obviously taking advantage of the turmoil inthe Middle East to renege on the arrangements made by the UN to send peacekeepers to stop the genocide in Darfur.
Delegates from more than 70 nations at a UN conference on Sudan were united in calling for the U.N. force, which the Sudanese government is refusing to allow in to replace African Union troops, and a halt to violence in the vast western region.
"This must stop immediately," U.S. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said, warning that those frustrating peace efforts could face international sanctions.
Considering the investment China has in the Sudan's oil, I doubt it.
Another problem is that two of the rebel factions still refuse to sign the peace agreement with the Sudanese government, saying that the existing agreement doe not protct them or secure their rights.
"Those who have signed the Darfur peace agreement are not implementing it, and there remain two important parties who continue to refuse to sign it," said European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana. "Meanwhile the people of Darfur continue a third year of suffering."
Since 2003, the Darfur conflict has killed some 200,000 and forced 2 million to flee their homes, plus led to a number of non-Arab Blacks in the region being enslaved. The violence in Darfur erupted when non-Arab tribes revolted against Sudan's Arab-led government, which respondedby unleashing Arab militias known as the janjaweed on the civilian population.
Delegates expressed hope the Sudanese government was edging toward dropping its opposition to a U.N. force.
"We are closer probably to having a change in that position," Solana said after talks with Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol.
The UN troops were supposed to replace 7,000 African Union troops.
I'm sure that the blue helmets will be just as effective in Darfur as they have been in Lebanon.
If I were part of the rebel factions in Darfur, I wouldn't be counting on the UN. I'd be working on beefing up my military options to protect myself and my loved ones.
i like your way of discussing the dysfunctional organization the UN is.
ReplyDeleteit sounds better.
all i can do is shout invective.
truthfull but invective nontheless.
your discussion of the events and facts are presented well.
this is of course the country where the UN developed the sex-for food program.
and as the chinese army is guarding those oil piplines, michael moore's film on this will be coming out when?, sudan's so called army is free to do as it pleases to the christian population.
i like your way of discussing the UN. it sounds better.