Originally posted by Saladbar:
Some notes:
The original report said the Council should refer the case to the International Criminal Court, a move the US opposed. The US opposed it, the US not the UN, not the Human Rights Commision, the US!
Ok, so Kofi say's the Security Council has to take action, has the US made a case to the Security Council yet? Which members of the Security Council would vote against said action and why?
So, hopefully the US WON'T follow the rest of the world and NOT declare a genocide. The UN seems to be scared to declare such as they would be legally required to do something about it.
" Washington called for the United Nations to set up a special court to try those accused of war crimes in the conflict in Sudan."
We already have a "special court" so why give kudos for the US calling for something we already have which it itself won't sign up to? If the US was really concerned with Darfur, etc they would accept the vast majority of the world's decision to use the existing court and not dither over setting up a "special" one. Of course, the UN also has a responsibility to also get the hell in there and help in any way they can. If the UN members and/or the US or the African states really gave a damn this slaughter would have been halted months ago.
Also, I am sickened by the jokes at the beginning of this thread. It is sad what this board has reduced itself to.
Ah Saladbar, long time no see. I miss ya and you need to stop by more often and let's chat about some less depressing stuff!
Presntly there is a resolution before the Security Council (sponsored by the US) to place 10,000 U.N. peacekeepers as well as 715 civilian police in southern Sudan to monitor a cease-fire there. The resolution also would give the peacekeepers the right to protect civilians from violence in the 23-month-old conflict.
The problem is two fold.
1. Russia and China will object to any kind of sanctions or any action against the Sudan government.
2. ICC vs. Special Court tribunal to take try war criminals.
Yes there is already a special court in the ICC. However, the US fear is abuse of power and the US has never "signed on" to the ICC.
And yes, there is another exisitng tribunal -- A court in Tanzania, where a U.N. tribunal is trying alleged war criminals from the 1994 Rwanda massacres, could be expanded to handle the Darfur cases. Eventually, the tribunal could be turned into a permanent African institution whose presence would serve as a deterrent to war crimes.
