Sunday, August 5 07

This month's Crisis Watch (No. 48) puts the spotlight on peace operation in The Sudan and elections in DR. Congo. U.N. Security Council Resolution 1789 (here's a primer) has already given stakeholders like U.N. Sec. Gen. Ban Ki-moon authority to engage all main factions except the most powerful. The main concern so far is that the force is too weak (1,2), or could fade against Khartoum's opposition. According to Enrique Barón Crespo of the European Parliament, the European Union has a duty to fight for "globalized democracy". Colombo government now prepared to enter talks with Sri Lanka's Tamil rebels.