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The court should not interfere with Sudan
The United States abstained from voting. They did not like that the resolution, contrary to their wishes, included a reminder that some members of the UN Security Council were “concerned” about the International Criminal Court’s intention to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for “genocide” in Darfur province. The resolution says that the UN Security Council, which can overturn decisions of this court, will discuss this issue later. US officials explained that the resolution "sends the wrong message to the Sudanese president and undermines efforts to bring him to justice." However, Russia, China, Libya and South Africa, due to the opposition of the United States, France and Great Britain, were unable to postpone the consideration of the trial against al-Bashir on charges of crimes in Darfur for a year.
After the vote, Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, said that Moscow “agrees with the need to ensure justice in Darfur, including for those accused of serious crimes, but this must be done without forgetting about equally important factors that can affect stability important region of Africa." The Russian Foreign Ministry believes that the position of the United States, Great Britain and France “may have unpredictable and negative consequences, the responsibility for which will fall entirely on the shoulders of these members of the UN Security Council.”