Word: unamid
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Dates: during 2007-2007
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...midst of Sudan’s impunity, the recent attack on African Union (A.U.) peacekeepers in Darfur by rebels in Haskanita has imperiled the peace talks scheduled for October in Libya. Although a hybrid United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) is slated to relieve the A.U. peacekeepers by the end of the year, its success is contingent upon Sudan’s cooperation. Supposedly, Khartoum has committed to the hybrid force, but it has also granted free reign to likely war criminals, making future attacks a certainty...
...explain this silence, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has said that the more the international community pressures Sudan to comply with the ICC, the more likely it is that Sudan will renege on UNAMID deployment. But this is completely wrongheaded—it is precisely because Sudan’s commitment is so tenuous that further international pressure is crucial...
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