Five members of the Security Council today called for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate possible crimes against humanity in Syria. But British Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant said that at the moment the council did not have the votes necessary to make that happen. UNTV
The Sudanese government represented by First Vice-President Ali Osman Taha this week swore in council members to serve in the Darfur regional authority, as provided for in the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur. UNAMID
Two hundred officers from the Somali Police Force (SPF) leftMogadishu,Somalia's capital, on Thursday (January 17) for neighbouringDjiboutiwhere they will participate in a two-month training course organized by the police component of the African Union Mission in Somalia. AU/UN IST
Violence in Mali could uproot an additional 700,000 people in the coming months, including 400,000 who could flee to neighboring countries, the United Nations refugee agency said today. CH UNTV