Jan Pronk
Jan Pronk
Johannes Pieter "Jan" Pronkis a Dutch politician, diplomat, and professor. He has been visiting professor at the United Nations University for Peace in Ciudad Colón, Costa Rica, since 2009...
african asked bound control council countries dirty equipment intervene job necessary security soldiers western
They are there because the western world in the security council asked them to go there. And we let them do the job with bound hands.... if you do not give them the resources. The African countries do not have the equipment that is necessary to intervene and to control such a battle... so if you ask the African soldiers to do the dirty work, give them the tools.
expand ground troops
They now have 7,000 troops on the ground and wanted to expand it to 12,000. I think we need more than 12,000 troops and that is a way in which the UN could help.
agreement bad concrete divided minute peace people possible situation talks
I think it is still possible to have a peace agreement, ... It is not a minute possibility. It is a very concrete possibility. Again, the talks in Abuja are not bad at the moment. It is going to the right direction. They are not divided in Abuja. The situation is much better than people are saying. It is not lost.
displaced lack million next people return start three villages voluntary weeks
I don't see a voluntary return of more than 1 million displaced people to their villages to start in the next three weeks because of lack of security.
growing hopes possible reach
It is possible to reach a result. My hopes are growing day by day.
daily fighting grim security situation
The security situation is grim as fighting is going on on a daily basis.
balanced conviction full good possible reach
This is a good text. It is a balanced text. It is my conviction that it is possible to reach a full agreement.
african mission personnel security status strongly supported targeting
This targeting of AU personnel contravenes the status of the African mission as an independent third-party, strongly supported by the U.N. Security Council,
parties
The parties sometimes are talking, and a day after, they're shooting.
african certain friday next union whether
We do not know whether the African Union next Friday will reconfirm its own decision. That is not certain any more.
african certain decision march union whether
We do not know whether the African Union will reconfirm its decision (at its March 10 meeting). That is not certain any more.