US Blocks U.N. Briefing on Atrocities in Sudan

October 13th, 2005 at 08:20 Björn Hallberg

Agonist reports that U.S. Ambassador John Bolton blocked U.N. envoy Juan Mendez, scheduled to deliver his report on the situation in Sudan. I guess Bolton either thought his time was too valuable or that he could gather better intelligence from his office because he claimed that “the council had to act against atrocities and not just talk about them.” He might also be labouring under the delusion that he already knows the facts. That would be a typical US position. Is it just that the US in fact doesn’t want to get involved in Sudan, wants do undermine UN authority or that Bolton is quite insane?

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