Three Weeks
The big old catch in the U.N.'s Security Council resolution that would create a peacekeeping force in Darfur is that the Sudanese government had to give the signal to go ahead. Given that Khartoum is widely suspected to be either directing the attacks on the residents of Western Sudan or willfully ignorant of the plot behind them, it's a stipulation that's a bit troubling. The situation will come to a head quickly, as the African Union force there now is schedule to withdraw from the region in three weeks. Says the International Herald Tribune:
The Bush administration needs to couple its tough talk on Darfur with some focused, high-level diplomacy. This would be a good time for President George W. Bush to name a special envoy for Darfur. To make clear that the full weight of the administration is behind the new envoy, Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice should call officials in Sudan, China and Russia, as well as in powerful African countries like South Africa and Nigeria. Similar efforts should be made by leaders of the European Union.
At the end of this month, African Union forces, the only peacekeepers in Darfur, are scheduled to go home. That will leave the field open to President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and his army to resume the killing, which they have given every indication of doing. That gives the rest of the world only three weeks to avoid a worsening tragedy.
At the end of this month, African Union forces, the only peacekeepers in Darfur, are scheduled to go home. That will leave the field open to President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and his army to resume the killing, which they have given every indication of doing. That gives the rest of the world only three weeks to avoid a worsening tragedy.
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