Sudan holds the UN responsible for deterioration of conditions in Darfur
Sudan-UN, Politics, 11/8/2004

Sudan has accused the UN speial envoy in Sudan Jan Pronk of encouraging the rebels in Darfur district to violate the ceasefire.

The Sudanese Foreign minister Mustafa Othman Ismael said that Pronk's recent report to the UN Security Council on the situation in Darfur includes negative remarks contributed to encouraging the rebels to violate the ceasefire agreement signed in April with the central government.

Jan Pronk told the Security Council: "Darfur may easily enter a state of anarchy, a total collapse of law and order. The conflict is changing in character ... the spirit is out of the bottle and cannot be pushed back."
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"Nobody is fully in control. I call that anarchy," Pronk said at a press conference. "Let's face it, there is a war. The Jingaweit claim they have the whole area under control (and) Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) commanders have Khartoum in their eyes."
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The government does not control its own forces fully nor can it count on the obedience of the Jingaweit militia; the lines between the military, paramilitary and police are being blurred, Pronk said.
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Within the rebel movements there is a leadership crisis and splits in the groups, he said, and political leaders are increasingly unable to control their forces on the ground.

The Sudanese president held the UN some of the responsibility over the deterioration of the situation in Darfur. He said that the report says that the rebels behavior was not responsible for what is taking place in the region, while condemnation was addressed to the government. He called on the UN to issue "positive remarks" that would help to solving Darfur problem.

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