Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 36

6-September-2004

SUDAN

Sudans First UN Deadline Cleared

The first 30-day deadline imposed by the UN Security Council on Sudan on 30 July to start taking action to restore law and order in Darfur and facilitate the resolution of the humanitarian situation there has passed without the international body recommending any further measures against Khartoum. The top UN envoy in Sudan, Jan Pronk, on 2 September briefed the Security Council in closed session. In...