Coalition for Darfur: Conflicting Priorities

This week's Coalition for Darfur post discusses the conflicting priorities the different parties have.

For more than two years, the international community has done little to stop the violence in Darfur or provide security to the millions of displaced victims. And the closer one follows the world's response to this crisis, the clearer the conflicting priorities of the major actors (the US, the AU, the ICC and the UN) become.

The US is hesitant or unwilling to confront Khartoum because of CIA ties to the regime, and the desire to preserve the prestige garnered by helping end the civil war in sourthern Sudan. The International Criminal Court is new and trying to find its way. The AU has lofty ambitions for itself but lacks the power and influence to translate those ambitions to reality. The UN is stricken by internal conflict. None of this leads to effective confrontation of Sudan's genocide.