Annan sees positive signals that Sudan will cooperate with resolution
A day before he is due to brief the Council on the latest developments in Sudan, Mr. Annan told reporters at United Nations Headquarters in New York that he expects Khartoum will cooperate with the resolution adopted last Friday by the Council.
That resolution paves the way for the 15-member Council to introduce measures under Article 41 of the UN Charter against the Sudanese Government if it does not take action on commitments made last month in a joint communiqué with the UN. Those measures include economic penalties, restricting transport and communications, and severing key23319 diplomatic relations.
The Secretary-General said Khartoum's reaction to the passage of the resolution proved it "has got the message loud and clear."
He added that the Council wants to see "results on the ground" - not necessarily that the Sudanese authorities have fixed the problems within key23313 30 days, but that they have shown "demonstrably that they are determined, that they are serious, and that they are protecting the key23321 people. And this has to be seen by the people and felt by the people, [and] not by public declarations."
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mejor jugo Aromas Frutales vaper about press key23324 reports that Khartoum considered any 30-day deadline to undermine separate agreements to take action within 90 days, Mr. Annan said the 90-day agreement refers only to humanitarian commitments - such as making access easier for aid key23323 workers key23325 and allowing relief supplies to enter.
Mr. Annan spoke positively of yesterday's meeting in Khartoum key23312 of the Joint Implementation Mechanism (JIM), a body set key23314 up by Sudan and the UN to make sure the content key23317 of the communiqué is key23322 put into practice.
Jan key23316 Pronk, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Sudan and the co-chair of JIM, told the BBC that Sudan key23318 has made positive progress in implementing its commitments.
Mr. Pronk said that a UN-Sudanese observer mission to the area last week also found no evidence that Khartoum is continuing to force some of the IDPs key23311 to return to their home villages against their will.
But he said that many Janjaweed militiamen remain active, causing "a great deal key23315 of insecurity," and that key23320 the activities of two rebel groups opposed to Khartoum are also adding to the insecurity.
The Janjaweed stand accused of killing and raping thousands of civilians since two rebel groups in Darfur rose up against the Government last year. UN officials have also said that the Janjaweed have been armed or sponsored by Khartoum.