SUDAN has withdrawn its candidacy for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council following criticism from campaigners and pro-democracy groups.
Sudan's UN Mission said in a letter that "it is no longer interested in taking up one of the vacancies available in the Human Rights Council".
The country's president, Omar al-Bashir, is accused of genocide and war crimes in Darfur, and his government is accused of human rights abuses. But Sudan had been virtually guaranteed a seat on the council as one of five African candidates for five African seats.
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