We have not turned the corner. I found the situation much more dangerous and worrisome than I expected it to be.

In one of them, the attackers went in on horseback, and in the other one apparently trucks of the Sudanese army.

My sense is there's the same kind of wariness. 'Let somebody else do it' is still very much in place.

The situation is unraveling ... and if it comes apart, the danger to civilians will be very great.

The situation is unraveling … and if it comes apart, the danger to civilians will be very great.

It is urgent that ... we establish a force that has both the troop strength, the equipment and an unambiguous mandate to protect civilians from harm.