UN urged to suspend Al-Bashir indictment

NEW YORK: China on Thursday urged the UN Security Council to suspend the International Criminal Court (ICC)'s indictment of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.

China's UN Ambassador Wang Guangya made the appeal after the council adopted a resolution extending the mandate of the UN-African Union peacekeeping operation in Darfur.

The council took note of the African Union's concerns "regarding potential developments subsequent to" ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo's request for al-Bashir's arrest.