UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The latest on the high-level U.N. General Assembly meetings (all times local):
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Sudan’s foreign minister is accusing the International Criminal Court of being politicized and hampering peace.
Ibrahim Ghandour told the U.N. General Assembly’s annual ministerial meeting Saturday that African states are therefore calling “for elaboration of a plan to collectively withdraw from the ICC.”
The world’s permanent war crimes tribunal has focused significant attention on Africa including issuing arrest warrants for Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide stemming from alleged atrocities in the Darfur region.