this is exactly why i'm ashamed to be an American

A top U.N. envoy returning from Sudan's Darfur region and concluding that the government-sponsored violence is actually getting worse.
"I found the situation much more dangerous and worrisome than I expected it to be," he said. "Until last week, there have never been concerted, massive attacks of an indiscriminate nature against civilians" in camps in Darfur. The envoy was going to brief the Security Council but according to the Post was blocked "by the United States and Sudan's three closest allies on the council, Russia, China and Algeria." The Post suggests the block might have something to do with the U.S.'s opposition to the International Criminal Court, though a "senior U.S. official" denied that.

whenever a US official denies something, you can rest assured, he's lying.