‘UN must prevent genocide’

NOBEL Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel yesterday urged the United Nations Security Council to act before the killings in Sudan’s Darfur region escalate into genocide.

The Holocaust survivor described the conflict as “a tragedy which if not stopped will become a genocide. If the Security Council does not act it will be blamed for history”.

Mr Wiesel and Oscar-winning actor George Clooney were scheduled to address UN Security Council members at an informal briefing late last night.