Political Comment (30 April 2012)

 

Both former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and the current incumbent, Ban Ki-moon, have declared the Syrian authorities to be in breach of their commitments under Mr Annan's peace plan, but there is no sign of any change in Russia's relentlessly even-handed position in the conflict. In Sudan, Heglig is back under the control of the Khartum government. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has for the first time allowed that a...