Monday, September 03, 2007

UN must pressure Sudan on Darfur suspects: ICC prosecutor

THE HAGUE (AFP) — The UN must pressure Sudan to bring to justice two suspects wanted over atrocities committed in Darfur, the International Criminal Court's prosecutor said in an interview with AFP Monday.

Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo made the comments as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Khartoum ahead of a massive joint UN-African Union peacekeeping operation in the strife-torn Sudanese region of Darfur.

Moreno-Ocampo met Ban on Wednesday in New York.

"I asked him to bring up the arrest warrants," he said.

Countries that are members of the ICC must also do more on the issue, he said.

"This is the law ... The state parties have to assume their responsibilities," he said. "In four years, the court has become operational, more mature. We want to go farther, we have to get more support. We need consistency." Read more >>>>>>>>>

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