Thursday, August 02, 2007

Sudan's diplomatic coup

Sudan has won a huge diplomatic coup with its acceptance of the new hybrid force for Darfur. UNAMID (United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur) will be a force that follows Sudanese demands: African structure, no chapter seven, no force disarmaments, no threat of sanctions. As the FM said, Resolution 1769 was made with their full consultation.

True, the international community watered down the resolution in order to avoid veto by China and ensure Sudanese acceptance. What happen next? With the rebels divided into a dozen faction and some refusing to attend the Arusha talks, Sudan looks on with glee!

Now the international community will have to work hard to unify the rebel command for a political settlement.

3 comments:

Aaron Stewart said...

You say rebel command as if there is one centralized leadership. I don't see this happening any time soon with all of the fragmented groups that are running around now.

Also the other question is if a peace deal is really on the table at some point in time who's going to control the JJs?

Daana said...

that is our fate bro...Sudan..A Nation in Waiting.

Black Kush said...

Welcome Aaron. True, the rebels are so divided that it is difficult to see how anything is going to work out. It is a wait and see game. But it is playing into the hands of the government nicely. There are people who believe that the government is reponsible for fragmenting the rebels. It could be true coz the same happened in the South conflict too.

It is no fate, Daana. We dug our own graves and called it fate! We as Sudanese have the potential to be the greatest nation in the continent but we blew it. Talking of fate makes people resign to doing nothing to remedy the situation.