"At the same time, it must be said that Pronk’s tenure has been marked by egregious errors in judgment, perverse miscalculations, expedient disingenuousness, and a series of decisions that have had disastrous consequences for the international response to massive, ongoing genocidal destruction. He is sharply faulted by many, including many within the UN and the humanitarian community, and his imminent departure (he would not have survived the impending changes within the Secretariat) ensures that he can do no further damage (search “pronk” at www.sudanreeves.org for a series of critiques of Pronk’s performance over the past two and a half years). His expulsion also ensures, however, that there is very likely to be no senior UN diplomatic presence in Sudan"
To add an extra wrinkle to this, Media Monitors Networks has cast aspersions on Eric Reeves' credibility:
Dr Reeves' credibility as a commentator and researcher has already been extensively questioned in 'The Return of the 'Ugly American': Eric Reeves and Sudan'. (2) The credibility of his claims about Sudan have been undermined further by recent comments made by the United Nations World Food Programme which is active in those very areas of Sudan about which Mr Reeves makes his bold assertions.
I looked through Media Monitors website and I would rather trust Reeves and Jeff Weintraub when it comes to Darfur. Weintraub has written about Jan Pronk's expulsion from Darfur thusly:
Meanwhile, the Khartoum government has underlined its increasingly blatant contempt for the alleged "international community" by ordering the expulsion of the main UN envoy in Sudan, Jan Pronk. As it happens, Pronk has been one of the high UN officials most accommodating to the Khartoum government's positions, but it seems that even some mildly realistic comments about what Khartoum calls "sensitive issues" are too much.
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