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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">"Delegates from 53 countries across Africa are meeting in the Ugandan capital for an African Union (AU) summit expected to focus on security in Somalia, but Bashir himself is not expected to be among them.
An initial draft of a resolution to be passed at the African Union (AU) meeting in Ugandan capital Kampala, seen by the Reuters news agency on Saturday, contained two contentious clauses about the arrest warrants.
But both paragraphs were removed after arguments that went on until the early hours of Sunday, AU and Western diplomats said.
The first clause advised African countries not to arrest Bashir if he visited their nations, even if they were signatories to the Rome Statute which established the ICC and obliges them to carry out its arrest warrants.
"[The AU] reiterates its decision that AU member states shall not co-operate with the ICC in the arrest and surrender of President Bashir," the paragraph said.
Thirty African nations are members of the ICC.
The second deleted clause attacked Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the ICC prosectuor leading thecase against Bashir.
Jean Ping, the AU Commission chairman, has said the decision to prosecute Bashir has undermined peace efforts in Sudan."</div></div>
Though I do not agree with Bashir politics, I am in agreement with the AU on this one, as I was with SADC on Mugabe.
An initial draft of a resolution to be passed at the African Union (AU) meeting in Ugandan capital Kampala, seen by the Reuters news agency on Saturday, contained two contentious clauses about the arrest warrants.
But both paragraphs were removed after arguments that went on until the early hours of Sunday, AU and Western diplomats said.
The first clause advised African countries not to arrest Bashir if he visited their nations, even if they were signatories to the Rome Statute which established the ICC and obliges them to carry out its arrest warrants.
"[The AU] reiterates its decision that AU member states shall not co-operate with the ICC in the arrest and surrender of President Bashir," the paragraph said.
Thirty African nations are members of the ICC.
The second deleted clause attacked Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the ICC prosectuor leading thecase against Bashir.
Jean Ping, the AU Commission chairman, has said the decision to prosecute Bashir has undermined peace efforts in Sudan."</div></div>
Though I do not agree with Bashir politics, I am in agreement with the AU on this one, as I was with SADC on Mugabe.
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