Antonio Guterres says conditions ‘do not exist’ for peacekeepers in Sudan, where conflict has displaced more than 11 million and caused as many as 150,000 deaths
Calls for a peacekeeping force to protect Sudan’s besieged population are gaining momentum among experts and activists worldwide, despite an attempt by the United Nations Secretary-General to fend off the idea.
Even before Mr. Guterres’s comments on Monday ignited further debate on the idea, the peacekeeping proposal had already won support from advocates such as Roméo Dallaire, the retired Canadian general who headed the UN force in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide, and Joyce Banda, the former president of Malawi.
The peacekeeping idea is also supported by human rights groups such as Human Rights Watch, by a Sudan fact-finding mission appointed by the UN Human Rights Council, and by many Sudanese people themselves. “There is no safe place in Sudan now,” he said this week, calling for the “urgent” protection of the country’s civilians.
“The Secretary-General is dodging his responsibility by insisting on a nationwide ceasefire before the UN steps up to protect civilians,” she said. “How many massacres and gang rapes will it take for the UN to fulfil its mandate and protect the people of Sudan?” “I am not surprised, but still mighty disappointed, that Secretary-General Guterres is not showing an eagerness to explore the possibilities of a UN mission in Sudan,” Prof. Dorn told The Globe and Mail.
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