Sudan: Ambassador adamant Pronk stays out

The Sudanese ambassador to the UN told reporters on Thursday (26 October 2006) that the head of the United Nations Mission in Sudan, Jan Pronk, who was expelled from the country for remarks in his personal web-blog, had not supported the Khartoum government. Responding to questions on Pronk's status, Sudanese Ambassador Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem said, "He was a failure as far as we are concerned. He was not supportive, he was abusive, he became part of the problem rather than the solution."