Republic of the Sudan
Ambassador Elfatih Erwa
Elfatih Erwa has served as Sudan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations since July 1996. Prior to that, he was the nation’s Minister of State for Defense. He was invited to speak before the Security Council during deliberations on Resolution 1556, threatening Sudan with economic sanctions. The following is excerpted from the 5015th meeting of the UN Security Council on July 30, 2004, in New York.As I address the Council, I am overwhelmed by sorrow at the Council’s hasty adoption this morning of a resolution on the situation in Darfur at a time when my government is in a race…
