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Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has cancelled his proposed appearance at the United Nations(UN) General Assembly this week.
Al-Bashir would have been the first head of state to address the General Assembly while facing international war crimes and genocide charges.
According to news24, Al-Bashir had been scheduled to speak Thursday at the UN, but Martin Nesirky, spokesperson for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, said in an e-mail that Sudan had cancelled the appearance.
The US government had made it clear it did not want Al-Bashir to show up in New York, and the US ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, had said "such a trip would be deplorable, cynical and hugely inappropriate".
Sudan's Foreign Ministry has said the United States is "not qualified ... to offer sermons and advice" on international law and human rights.
