Sudanese tribes reject UN resolution on Darfur; UN urges Sudan to cooperate with International Criminal Court
Sudan-UN, Politics, 4/5/2005

The council of Sudanese tribes Sunday slammed UN Security Council resolution 1593 on Darfur as "unjust."

A statement by the council called on all tribes to stand united against such an "insulting" resolution.

Meanwhile,the Sudanese government formed a committee to look into the repercussions of the resolution at the political, legal and diplomatic levels.

Reaffirming Khartoum's stance rejecting the resolution, Sudanese Information and Communications Minister designate Abdel Bassit Sidrat said the cabinet branded the resolution as a violation of Sudanese sovereignty.

Sudan on Friday condemned the latest UN Security Council resolution on Darfur,saying it undermined efforts to make peace in the troubled Western Sudanese region.

Sudan's State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Najib Al Khair Abdel Wahhab, said the resolution, which says Sudanese war crimes suspects should be tried by the International Criminal Courty (ICC) was "unfair, ill-advised and narrow-minded."

Meanwhile, the legal advisor of the UN mission in Sudan cited Sunday an ample opportunity for Khartoum to hold transparent and fair trials of Darfur war criminals.

He said that if Khartoum puts such criminals on trial the ICC will not intervene.

Previous Stories:
  Committee on UN treaty requesting account of human rights compliance from Sudan   (4/2/2005)
  Security Council on Darfur cases sets precedence   (4/2/2005)
  UN Security Council votes for Darfur trials in International Criminal Court   (4/1/2005)

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