العلاقة بين هجوم الجنجويد على وزراة المالية بنيالا والمروحية التى تحطمت وبداخلها 11 مليار جنيه

Quote: UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council late Thursday voted to refer war crimes trials over Darfur to the International Criminal Court, as the United States won key concessions on its opposition to the tribunal. The vote passed 11-0 with four abstentions - including the United States, which is opposed to court in The Hague - after some last-minute diplomatic sleight-of-hand that staved off a US veto. The move clears the way to ask the ICC to prosecute those responsible for murder, rape and pillaging in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, where as many as 300,000 are estimated to have died. "It is important that the international community speak with one voice in order to help promote effective accountability," deputy US ambassador Anne Patterson said after the vote. "We decided not to oppose the resolution because of the need for the international community to work together in order to end the climate of impunity in Sudan," she said. She said Washington "continues to fundamentally object" to the court. The resolution said that nations not party to the court statute - including the United States - would not be prosecuted by the ICC in connection with events in Sudan. It also gives those nations "exclusive jurisdiction" over such matters, something the United States insisted on due to its opposition to the ICC, where it fears US citizens could be the target of politically motivated lawsuits. Human Rights Watch was quick to condemn the compromise, but said that the move could still help end the bloodshed in Darfur by hanging the threat of ICC prosecution over members of the Sudanese government. "We object strongly to the price the US government has imposed. I think it's blackmail what they've done," said Richard Dicker, head of the international justice division of the rights organisation. "This is a historic step but at a high price. It provides the people of Darfur with some real protection and validates the role of the ICC," he said. "It's a mixed picture." The 15-member council voted unanimously last week to approve a 10,000-strong peace force for southern Sudan to monitor the January accord that ended the country's 21-year north-south civil war. But there have been disagreements on how to handle Sudan's western region of Darfur, where a new report on Wednesday said an estimated 300,000 people have died from a separate conflict between rebels and government-backed militias. The council voted 12-0 to slap new sanctions on Sudan over Darfur on Tuesday but the United States could not get unanimous support as Algeria, China and Russia abstained. That resolution approved the seizure of assets and a travel ban against individuals who commit atrocities, impede the peace process in Darfur or "constitute a threat to stability" in the region. Violence in Darfur exploded when rebels in the western Sudanese region rose up against the government in February 2003. The government put down the rebellion with the help of proxy militias known as Janjaweed. A commission of enquiry in January said government forces and the militias had committed gross human rights violations, including the killing of civilians, torture, rape and pillaging. Rebel forces may also be guilty of violations, the commission said