UN Rights Officials Talks of War Crimes in Darfur
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U.N. envoys told the Security Council on Thursday that war crimes had probably occurred on "a large and systematic scale" in Sudan's Darfur region and called for foreign police to help stop abuses.
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Secretary General Kofi Annan said yesterday there are strong indications of war crimes &#39;&#39;on a large and systematic scale&quot; in Sudan&#39;s
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GENEVA -- A UN human rights team criticized the international community yesterday for failing to halt atrocities in Darfur, saying in a sharply worded report that the United Nations must act now to protect civilians from a campaign of violence orchestrated by Sudan's government.
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There are strong indications that war crimes have been committed &quot;on a large and systematic scale&quot; in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region, said UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.
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The UN hosts talks aimed at speeding the deployment of peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region.
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The United Nations and African Union host a meeting in Tripoli on Sunday to evaluate the troubled peace process in Sudan&#39;s war-torn Darfur, which is bedevilled by fragmented rebel groups and competing initiatives.
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A U.N. human rights mission on Monday accused Sudan's government of orchestrating and taking part in war crimes in Darfur and called for urgent international action to protect civilians there.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday demanded speedy prosecution of Sudanese officials and militiamen guilty of crimes against humanity in Darfur, as members of the Security Council came under renewed pressure to put teeth into threats punish those responsible.
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The UN's top rights official accused Sudan of &quot;failing&quot; the people of Darfur and called for an international police presence to curb continued attacks on civilians in the troubled region.
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KHARTOUM/NAIROBI  - Sudan's government resumed  talks with rebels in the oil-producing south on Thursday while  the United Nations set up a panel to investigate charges of  genocide in the west of Africa's largest country.
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Atrocities are occurring daily in  Sudan's Darfur region and rape and pillage directed against  civilians are at "a horrific level," United Nations High  Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said on Wednesday.
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Sudan's humanitarian affairs minister says accusations against him of war crimes in Darfur  are political.
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Sudan is in denial about the extent of rape in refugee camps in its traumatised Darfur region where fear and distrust of the government is pervasive, the United Nations&#39; top human rights official says.
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UNITED NATIONS -- The top UN envoy to Sudan said yesterday that the Sudanese government has failed to improve security for the embattled people of Darfur or to bring to justice the perpetrators of atrocities during the 19-month conflict.
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The UN Human Rights Council will hold a special session on violations in Sudan's strife-torn western region of Darfur on Tuesday, after a rebuke from Kofi Annan that it has not paid enough attention to rights violations in the province.
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A UN team has arrived in Sudan to investigate whether genocide has occurred in the country&#39;s Darfur region where more than 1.5 million people have been made homeless by conflict, a UN spokesman said on Monday.
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Sudan's justice minister said he was ready to cooperate with a UN fact-finding team due to investigate human rights abuses in war-torn Darfur, newspapers have reported.