Sudan attacks UN war crimes vote

SUDAN yesterday slammed as “unfair, ill-advised and narrow-minded” a UN resolution to send Darfur war crime suspects to the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands (ICC).

But the two main Darfur rebel groups welcomed the resolution and said they would both comply by sending to the court any members of their groups accused of crimes.

The UN Security Council late on Thursday voted 11-0 with four abstentions to refer a sealed list of 51 people accused of crimes against humanity in Darfur to the ICC, after last-minute wrangling to allow exemptions for US citizens. The resolution is the first referral to the ICC by the council.