A prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Friday that crimes in Darfur still continue, but Sudanese diplomats denied his allegations.

"Any leader committing crimes will face justice," Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told an open Security Council meeting at the UN headquarters in New York as he called the situation "an already fragile humanitarian situation."

"Power does not provide immunity," he added.

Ocampo called on the UN Security Council in supporting "to end the current crimes against the people from Darfur."

Also on Friday, Sudanese UN Ambassador Abdalmahmoud Abdalhaleem denied the allegations made by the ICC. Responding directly to the prosecutor at the UN headquarters, Abdalhaleem told reporters that "this is a big lie," adding that "Darfur's war is over."

On Ocampo, he said, "We will charge him with political prostitution."

A recent report to the Security Council by UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon had said the Sudanese government limited the actions of international peacekeepers in the UN-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur, which is known as UNAMID.

The UN Security Council on Monday called for "full access" for peacekeepers in the Sudanese region of Darfur as current efforts are being hindered by the Sudanese government, but Sudan said that it does not deny any access.

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