Annan urges more UN action on Darfur (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Fri, 03/21/2008 - 3:13am

U.N.<br /><br />Secretary General Kofi Annan looks on during a press conference before departure in Rome's Fumicino airport Thursday july 13, 2006.<br /><br />Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned Thursday March 20, 2008 that military action against Iran would be 'a real disaster' and said the Middle East could explode if the international community doesn't handle the many conflicts in the region very carefully.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, FILE)AP - Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan questioned whether all countries on the Security Council have lived up to their responsibility to protect civilians in Darfur from atrocities.




 

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