{"id":176880,"date":"2018-02-01T15:02:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T15:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/un-procedures-followed-for-al-bashir-guterres-meeting-at-addis-summit\/"},"modified":"2018-02-01T15:02:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T15:02:00","slug":"un-procedures-followed-for-al-bashir-guterres-meeting-at-addis-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/un-procedures-followed-for-al-bashir-guterres-meeting-at-addis-summit","title":{"rendered":"UN: \u2018Procedures followed\u2019 for Al Bashir \u2013 Guterres meeting at Addis summit"},"content":{"rendered":"

The office of the Secretary-General has fielded critical questions regarding a confirmed meeting between UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Sudan’s President Omar Al Bashir who has been indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for genocide and war crimes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The meeting occurred in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa on the periphery of this week’s African Union summit. At the daily press briefing in New York yesterday<\/a>, UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters<\/a> that it occurred out of “operational necessity”, and that “the rules of procedures were followed” in terms of informing the ICC prosecution of such a meeting.<\/p>\n

According to a report by The Associated Press in the New York Times<\/a><\/em> this week, Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour told local media that Guterres praised the efforts by Sudan's government to achieve peace in Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan during Sunday's meeting in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.<\/p>\n

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