"Wir brauchen mehr Unterstutzung": Interview mit Jan Pronk, dem UN-Sonderbeauftragten fur Sudan

In: Vereinte Nationen: Zeitschrift für die Vereinten Nationen und ihre Sonderorganisationen, Band 53, Heft 2, S. 47-49

Abstract

Jan Pronk, head of the United Nations Advance Mission in Sudan, discusses the UN "African Union" mission to bring a peaceful resolution to the civil war in Sudan & negotiate the return of war refugees to the Darfur region. Some of the issues addressed are: (1) the peace-keeping & humanitarian roles of the UN, (2) the return of the Internally Displaced Persons (war refugees), removal of field mines, & demobilization of soldiers as the three most pressing objectives of the mission, (3) the financial resources & number of troops & civilian personnel necessary for achieving these objectives, (4) the German government's support of the mission, (5) the role of the African countries, (6) the (un)willingness of the warring parties to negotiate a peaceful solution, (6) the assistance provided by nongovernmental organizations, (7) the effectiveness of sanctions leveled against governments, business, & private persons, & (8) the ineffectiveness of the weapon embargo whose violations are not addressed by the Security Council. Z. Dubiel