War Crimes -- Genocide
United Nations

China was outspoken in opposing ICC's indictment of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan for the killing of civilians in the Darfur region. A FM spokesman expressed "grave concern and worry" over ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo's initiation of the indictment. As the Security Council considered the extension of the peacekeeping mandate for Darfur, China's UN ambassador Wang Guangya expressed support for the Security Council suspending ICC's action for one year, calling the indictment "an inappropriate decision made at an inappropriate time.” Meanwhile, China's special envoy for Darfur denied allegations by a BBC documentary that China has violated the UN arms embargo in Darfur.