Peace is being jeopardized in the short run. |
Quite a number of people in Sudan are mixing up United Nations with what has happened in other countries, like Iraq and Afghanistan. There is no intervention. There is no colonial approach. The UN is not the US, they [the protesters] should understand that ... The United Nations is a safeguard against intervention. |
That is creating a situation which is getting out of hand, because the longer a situation like this is lasting, the more difficult it is to change it, |
The (Khartoum) government is taking a very strong position against the transition (to the UN) and that is new. There is fear in Khartoum that the transition will be a conspiracy, which will bring Sudan into the same situation as Iraq. |
The AU force has helped to establish more stability. They have done an admirable job, highly professional, with much dedication. |
The commanders are united in their desire to continue the talks in order to reach a peace agreement by the end of this year, |
The government is taking a very strong position against a transition to the U.N., and that is new. Sudan has sent delegations to many countries in the world in order to plead its case: Let the AU stay and let the U.N. not come. |
The government is taking a very strong position against a transition to the U.N., and that is new. Sudan has sent delegations to many countries in the world in order to plead its case. |
The government is taking a very strong position against a transition to the UN, and that is new. Sudan has sent delegations to many countries in the world in order to plead its case: let the AU stay and let the UN not come. |
The government of Sudan has taken a strong position against the transition. |
The longer a situation like this lasts, the more difficult it is to change it anymore, |
The movements have to show that, in the areas which they claim to control, they take all action necessary to stop so-called split factions or dissident commanders, rather than seemingly allowing them to continue acting in violation |
The parties sometimes are talking, and a day after, they're shooting. |
The security situation is grim as fighting is going on on a daily basis. |
There is fear in Khartoum that the U.N. transition will be a conspiracy to bring Sudan in the same situation in Iraq. |