by CBC News
03/25/2005
UN peacekeepers headed to Sudan, but not Darfur
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UNITED NATIONS - An attempt to bring alleged war criminals in the
Darfur region of Sudan to justice and to impose sanctions on the
government in Khartoum has failed.
The UN Security Council, plagued by internal haggling, has once again
postponed an effort to stop the civil war in Darfur.
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"Very little has been done to stop the
cause of the problems of displacement, starvation and disease – and
that's the fighting," said Ken Bacon, the president of Refugees
International. He fears the United Nations may never act on Darfur.
The attempt to pass a resolution over where to put war criminals on
trial is just one snag. There's also the fact that China buys a lot of
oil from Sudan and Russia sells the country plenty of arms. Both
countries have Security Council vetoes.
Bacon says it may be time to look
elsewhere to try to stop the violence in Darfur. "Canada, the United
States, France, Great Britain should be bringing a lot more pressure on
the government of Sudan to stop this fighting," he said.
Allan Rock, Canada's ambassador to the UN, says the vote is a
disappointing development.
"I think someone in Darfur today could be forgiven for thinking that
the UN has failed them," he said.