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Kony Must Be Arrested - UN Sec. Gen


New Vision (Kampala)


NEWS
4 December 2007
Posted to the web 5 December 2007

By Henry Mukasa
Kampala

THE UNITED Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, has urged all countries to
do "everything in their power" to help arrest LRA leader Joseph Kony and his
commanders indicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The UN boss also wants the nations to arrest two Sudanese accused of crimes
against humanity in Darfur.



Ban told the sixth Assembly of States Parties meeting of the ICC, held at the
UN headquarters in New York, that since the court was launched in July 2002,
only two indicted individuals had been arrested and transferred to The Hague
for trial.

"There are still a number of outstanding arrest warrants that have to be
executed," he stated.

"I urge all member states to do everything within their powers to assist in
enforcing these warrants."

Cooperation was the most important determinant of success for any international
tribunal, Ban Ki-Moon pointed out.

"The arrest and surrender of indicted individuals can only be undertaken by
states, even where peacekeeping operations have been mandated to assist with
the task."

In July 2005, the ICC issued warrants of arrest for Kony, his deputy Vincent
Otti and three of his commanders, Dominic Ongwen, Okot Odhiambo and Raska
Lukwiya. However, only three are still alive.

Raska Lukwiya was killed during a battle with the UPDF in August 2006, while
Otti was executed by Kony on October 2, according to com anders who defected
recently.


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