"Sudan's government and southern rebels vowed on Friday to end Africa's longest civil war by Dec. 31, signing a pledge in front of 15 U.N. Security Council envoys who flew in from New York to demand the fighting stop."First, there's no guarantee that when the UNSC gets back on their jet to scamper back to New York, the two parties will even complete the pledge to end fighting by December 31. The fighting has been going on for 21 years.
Second, IF this should happen to work, why did the UNSC wait so long to take the junket and swoosh in to be the hero? As mentioned, the fighting has been going on for 21 years. There have been numerous, public accounts of the atrocities for the last several months. I'm sure that some intelligence agency has brought this to the UN's attention long before the general public was fully made aware. Have the casualties (in the millions) reached a point where the UN feels that there aren't enough people left to carry on the fight, so the chance for success is greater?
I'm not holding my breath.
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