The heads of state at the AU's last summit had asked the U.N.Security Council to use its power to defer the Bashir indictment for one year.

VOA: standard.2009.07.06

"This is one of the clearest calls repeatedly rendered to the government of Sri Lanka - that the U.N.be allowed to access the area so we can assess independently the situation of civilians,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.11