Reason for hope
Readers of this blog are aware of my dislike and distrust of anything that Kofi Annan is doing. However today I have to point to the fact that his latest efforts gives some reason for hope to end to the genocide in Darfur.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — African, Arab, European and U.N. leaders agreed in principle Thursday to a joint African Union and United Nations peacekeeping force for Sudan’s Darfur region.
The force could be as large as 27,000-strong, including the existing 7,000-member African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur, but the leaders did not lay out a timetable for the force to begin work partly because Sudan had some reservations.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said additional personnel could include as many as 17,000 soldiers and 3,000 police officers.
"The next step is for the U.N. and AU to call a meeting of the non-signatories (of the Darfur Peace Agreement) … and the government of Sudan. It should take place in the next couple of weeks to resolve outstanding issues by the end of the year," said Annan.
I only hope that they will finalize the details and schedule before Annan’s retirement, at the end of the year. I don’t mind if in his legacy it will be written that he was the force that ended the crisis in Darfur, if it will actually save some children lives.
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