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Compare what new UN chief Ban Ki-moon says about Darfur, to what Kofi Annan said. Here's Ban Ki-moon:
Ban Ki-moon of South Korea, who was sworn in as the next UN chief, described the tragedy in Sudan's Darfur region as "unacceptable" and pledged to be personally engaged in efforts to end the bloodshed there.
"The suffering of the people of Darfur is simply unacceptable," the 62-year-old former foreign minister told his first press conference since he took the oath office earlier Thursday to succeed Kofi Annan on January 1.
Ban said he planned to "make himself directly and personally engaged" in the search for a Darfur settlement.
And here's what the pathetic Kofi Annan had to say on the same subject, earlier this month:
Although the UN vowed "never again" in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide and killings at Srebrenica, the organisation has been unable to end a three-year crisis in Sudan's Darfur region, where more than 200,000 people are thought to have died.
"It is deeply, deeply disappointing and it's tragic," said Mr Annan. "But we do not have the resources or the will to confront the situation."
This indicates a determination on the part of Ban Ki-moon to put the UN to good use. But what will his stance be on radical Jihadists, and on Israel? Stay tuned.
