"If there were ever a case where there cannot be any sustainable peace without accountability for the perpetration of these offenses, this is the case," Arbour told reporters.
"This is a case where, to indict and arrest certain persons, could actually prevent the commission of crimes and actually save lives and protect victims," she said.
Diplomats who attended a closed-door Security Council meeting with Arbour, however, said the impasse over the trials showed no sign of movement. Algeria and China are backing Sudan.
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said, "While the United Nations may not be able to take humanity to heaven, it must act to save humanity from hell."
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