The New York Times reports that Bolton will offer a Security Council resolution tomorrow that will publicly identify four Sudanese individuals responsible for atrocities in Darfur and possibly force a vote on whether the panel would impose sanctions on them. In a telephone interview, Bolton said "We've been pushing sanctions for years, and the effort was always to make it clear to the government in Khartoum that there would be individual consequences."The Times adds that the Ambassador decided on the move after learning that China and Russia had objected to action against the four individuals. Bolton said he was surprised by the response of China and Russia, despite the two countries' traditional reluctance to endorse sanctions, because these were aimed at individuals rather than countries.
Bolton continues to expose the UN Security Council for what it is. A bad joke.