OIC urges UN to stall Beshir arrest warrant

JEDDAH (AFP) - Islamic countries urged the UN Security Council on Monday to stall any move by the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir.

Ministers from member states of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference “urged the UN Security Council to suspend indefinitely the move by the (ICC) prosecutor directed against President Omar Hassan al-Beshir,” they said in a statement after a meeting at OIC headquarters in the Saudi city of Jeddah.

They decided that the OIC “should coordinate its efforts with the African Union, the League of Arab States, the Non-Aligned Movement and other political groupings to support steps in the UN and elsewhere aimed at defusing this dangerous situation.”