Foreign Minister Dr Mustafa Uthman Isma’il has said it is not for Khartoum, but for the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) to worry about the US administration’s reported intention to create special tribunals for war crimes in Sudan, as well as in Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of Congo and other countries, the daily ‘Al Sahafi Al-Dawli’ reported on 5 August. Isma’il said the Khartoum authorities were not concerned by such proposals, but that the SPLM/A and its leader [John Garang] should be, the paper reported. The US was giving careful consideration to the establishment of such special courts, which would demonstrate continued US commitment to ensuring that war criminals were brought to justice, despite its continued opposition to a worldwide war crimes court, according to Pierre-Richard Prosper, the recently appointed US ambassador-at-large for war crimes. Prosper said the Sudan policy of the US administration of George W. Bush offered improved relations between Washington and Khartoum, but only if human rights abuses by the Sudanese government ended, according to news reports.
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