On October 29, the UN's head of peacekeeping stated that the peacekeeping mission in Darfur has no mandate to monitor the government and the flying on Janjaweed members from Darfur to the Blue Nile State. UNAMID is a one billion a year peacekeeping effort in Darfur. Susan Rice was asked if monitoring the Sudanese government and their activity of transporting militia members, she stated, shed have to take a closer look at the recent mandates. Then she was asked if the UN has an abiding duty to stop war crimes. Her response was, " I dont think its specifically mandated"
I think this is important because of our discussion of genocide and if it determines a states legal obligation to do something when they label human rights violations as genocide. It is similar because although there is no legal obligation there should be some sense of obligation because of the facts, and the knowledge of human rights violations, instead of sitting by and watching them occur.
http://www.innercitypress.com/unamid1mandate102911.html
Katie Kruse
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