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Posted by John Norris on Mar 26, 2009
 
Ban Ki-moon

A debate continues to take place on the 38th floor of U.N. headquarters as to whether U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon should meet with President Bashir on the sidelines of the upcoming Arab League Summit in Doha. Perhaps we can help clarify the thinking of the Secretary General and his staff: This is a very bad idea.

Such a meeting, as well as the photographs that would inevitably leak out, would be a propaganda bonanza for Bashir and send a very clear message that the Secretary General is incredibly wobbly on issues of international justice. The Secretary General's legacy will be frozen in a photograph of him shaking hands with an indicted war criminal.

Dear Secretary General: Don't do it, and expect a heavy public backlash if you do.

If you are an activist, call his office and suggest that this idea is not only wrong-headed but would be counter-productive.
 

Submitted by on March 27, 2009 - 4:52am.

See wikipedia entry:

"On 14 July 2008, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Luis Moreno-Ocampo, alleged that al-Bashir bore individual criminal responsibility for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed since 2003 in Darfur.[5] The prosecutor accused al-Bashir of having “masterminded and implemented” a plan to destroy the three main ethnic groups, the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa, with a campaign of murder, rape and deportation.

The ICC issued an arrest warrant for al-Bashir on 4 March 2009, indicting him on five counts of crimes against humanity (murder, extermination, forcible transfer, torture and rape) and two counts of war crimes (pillaging and intentionally directing attacks against civilians).[6][58] The court ruled that there was insufficient evidence to prosecute him for genocide.[7][59] However, one of the three judges wrote a dissenting opinion arguing that there were "reasonable grounds to believe that Omar Al Bashir has committed the crime of genocide".[59] Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state ever indicted by the ICC.[7]"

Submitted by on March 27, 2009 - 3:00am.

Deart Mr. John Norris,
You have got to know that the Secretary General represents all human beings, telling him what to do means that he is not qualified to do his job or you are his supervisor who gives him orders.

Your words which says "Dear Secretary General: Don't do it, and expect a heavy public backlash if you do." shows no respect him neither to the UN.
Digging the truth needs looking into all points of view, your problem is that your are not ready to do that. I am really positive that you have no idea about President Bashir, Sudan or even Darfur. the whole story is a conispiracy same as America's 9/11 and the war against Iraq.
I am not saying that President Bashir is innocent nor guilty, i am only saying that do not take people by allegation. "Guantinamoo detainees and all American prisons around the world" When will they be brought into court!!!!! it is more than six years for those who are still alive. What about those who died in prison?? We are missing credibility.

Niether President Bashir nor anybody elase who is against the ICC Group asked the General Secretary not to consider it although they disagree with it. Why don't you question the American point of view regarding the ICC???
Courts and laws keep holding people for more than six years without looking into their case.
Let the Sercretary General see and hear the other side of the story.

Submitted by on March 26, 2009 - 4:56pm.

Do you have a contact number for Ban Ki-moon? We would like to list this as an action item for people following the current i-ACT trip to the Darfur refugee camps in Chad.
http://www.stopgenocidenow.org/iact/iact7/day3

Submitted by Laura Heaton on March 26, 2009 - 6:14pm.

You can reach the U.N.'s comment line at 212-415-4000.