Jan Pronk expected to make symbolic return to Sudan this weekend

Posted on December 9th, 2006 by Marian Houk

The UN Spokesman told journalists at UNHQ/NY on Friday that the SG’s Special Envoy to Sudan, Jan Pronk [Dutch politician, former Foreign Minister] was expected to make a symbolic return to the country to hand over to his second-in-command, before leaving office.Â Pronk was declared persona non grata by the Sudanese government for writing on his website that Goverment forces were doing badly.Â

Meanwhile, in New York, outgoing SG Kofi Annan “emphasized that the responsibility to protect its citizens is the responsibility of the government in Khartoum.”Â Â The UN Spokesman told journalists that the SG had observed that the Sudanese Government may, eventually,Â ”have to answer collectively and individually for what is happening in Darfur”.Â The SpokesmanÂ added that “the United Nations has also called for renewed dialogue among all parties and for a Darfur-Darfur dialogue, as well as for the laying down of arms by all factions”.

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