Getting the UN into Darfur
- Author:
- ICG
- Publisher:
- International Crisis Group
- Publication Date:
- 12 October 2006
- Tags:
- Sudan, Conflict, Peace and Security
The impasse over deploying a major UN peacekeeping force to Darfur results directly from the international communitys three-year failure to apply effective diplomatic and economic pressure on Sudans government and its senior officials. Unless concerted action is taken against the ruling National Congress Party (NCP), Khartoum will continue its military campaign, with deadly consequences for civilians, while paying only lip service to its many promises to disarm its Janjaweed militias and otherwise cooperate. No one can guarantee what will work with a regime as tough-minded and inscrutable as Sudans, but patient diplomacy and trust in Khartoums good faith has been a patent failure. The international community has accepted the responsibility to protect civilians from atrocity crimes when their own government is unable or unwilling to do so. This now requires tough new measures to concentrate minds and change policies in Khartoum.
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