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October 07, 2004
Annan appoints five-member panel to probe possible genocide in Darfur, Sudan

UN NEWS CENTRE: Annan appoints five-member panel to probe possible genocide in Darfur, Sudan

Secretary-General Kofi Annan today announced the formal establishment of a commission of inquiry to determine whether acts of genocide have occurred in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur region, selecting an Italian judge and professor to lead the probe.

The five-member commission will also investigate reports of violations of international humanitarian law and human rights by all parties in Darfur, where Janjaweed militias stand accused of killing and raping thousands of villagers after local rebel groups took up arms against the Sudanese Government.

Mr. Annan set up the inquiry after the Security Council requested he do so in a resolution adopted last month on the humanitarian and security crises engulfing Darfur, a vast and impoverished region in western Sudan.

(The UN is a centipede that drags all one hundred of its feet, dreaming it was a millipede that could drag many many more.)

Posted by Laurence Simon at October 7, 2004 08:07 PM | TrackBack
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Darfur? Oh yes, we have a committee looking into that. All taken care of.
Next?

Posted by: legion [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 9, 2004 10:23 AM

What is there to probe? Everybody knows exactly what's going on. The UN is just proving again that they are an almost completly extraneous organization.

Posted by: Eye Doc [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 10, 2004 04:15 PM

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