He can’t call it genocide or ethnic cleansing yet. And don’t hold your breath waiting for him to call it a jihad. From AP, with thanks to DC Watson:
UNITED NATIONS “” Secretary-General Kofi Annan raised the possibility Thursday of international intervention to protect more than 1 million people threatened by fighting in the Darfur region of western Sudan. …
Annan said he wasn’t ready to describe the situation in Darfur “as genocide or ethnic cleansing yet” but he did call it “a tragic humanitarian situation.”