The Sudanese government has rejected a U.N. Human Rights Council report accusing it of orchestrating and taking part in international crimes in Darfur. More than 200,000 people have been killed and at least two million driven from their homes over the past four years. On Tuesday, Sudan said the report is invalid and that the humanitarian situation in Darfur has improved. Meanwhile, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour called for more international pressure on Sudan.

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour: “The first step is not to suppress the truth, to ensure that the public is properly informed, accurately informed on what is happening on the ground, and that governments collectively put to the government of Sudan their expectation that what is happening in Darfur will stop, that the targeting of the civilians will stop.”