Pronk accused Sudan's army of violating U.N. resolutions by mobilizing Arab militias in Darfur.
Postings on Jan Pronk's personal Web site about developments in Darfur led to his expulsion.
The government also recently kicked out U.N. special envoy, Jan Pronk, for writing about Darfur on his blog.
"This is a dangerous development. (U.N.) Security Council resolutions which forbid armed mobilization are being violated, " Pronk wrote.
Mr. JAN PRONK (United Nations Special Representative): That the AU is having its summit here is very, very positive.
Sudanese officials said Pronk had overstepped his mandate and ordered him to leave.
Pronk emphasized the importance of the negotiations and the necessity for the parties to return to Bonn in July.
For some here, like the United Nations' special representative Jan Pronk, the AU meeting holds out a lot of promise.
Pronk had been the chief champion of U.N. peacekeeping troops for Darfur, to replace the overstretched and woefully under-resourced African Union force.
It "gives people a little push to get over the hump and get engaged, " says Nico Pronk, HealthPartners vice president of health management.
Jan Pronk, aid minister for the usually generous Dutch, said recently the donors could not be expected to go on paying for man-made disasters.
"Reports speak about hundreds of casualties in each of the two battles, many wounded soldiers and many taken as prisoner, " Pronk wrote on his blog.
Pronk's blog entry of Oct. 14 noted that the Sudanese army had suffered two humiliating defeats by the Darfur rebels and that army morale was low.
The acknowledgement that the UN's strategy is fraught with problems comes from Jan Pronk, the special envoy to the WSSD of the UN secretary-general, Kofi Annan.
Mr. PRONK: The African Union could use that event by putting a lot of pressure on the government of Sudan to set the next step which is necessary.
Mr Pronk, a former Dutch environment minister, briefing journalists in London, UK, said Johannesburg would need to agree a plan of action, with an agreed timeframe on implementation.
Government delegates are expected to work on a 190-page draft by conference chairman Jan Pronk, the Dutch environment minister, that tries to offer solutions to complex disputes about the treaty's details.
Mr. PRONK: Their situation would only improve if there would be more security that can be organized by the international community and if the peace talks will lead to a sustainable agreement.
"All parties but one -- the United States -- declared themselves very strongly in favor of the Kyoto Protocol, " said conference chair Jan Pronk, who serves as the environmental minister of the Netherlands.
HUNTER-GAULT: But Pronk, who has criticized both the Sudanese government and the rebels in Darfur for failing to reach a peace agreement, believes the Khartoum meeting is an opportunity for the African Union to send a strong message to the Sudanese as well as other Africans.
HUNTER-GAULT: Pronk, who has been involved in peace talks in Abuja, Nigeria, says the warring parties--two rebel factions and the government of Sudan--so far do not seem to be in a hurry to make peace in a region where some three million people are affected by the conflict, with some two million displaced and living in camps.
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