CAIRO, Aug. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Arab League chief Amr Moussa onTuesday denied accusations by some rebel forces in Darfur that the22-member pan-Arab forum is siding with the Khartoum government."This accusation is totally void of truth," Moussa said, addingthat such an accusation is based on either false information or badintentions.

    He said the Arab League and the African Union respect the UnitedNations resolutions and have decided to intervene to calm down thesituation and push forward a joint Sudan-UN plan for ending theDarfur crisis.

    The league has rejected a charge on ethnic cleansing in Darfur,he said.

    The plan, which includes setting up safe areas for the return ofdisplaced people in Darfur, was accepted by the Khartoum governmenton Sunday.

    The plan was drawn up last week by the UN special envoy to SudanJan Pronk and Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Ismail. It calls onthe Khartoum government to secure specific villages and camps andset up safe access routes.

    The agreement calls for a ceasefire between forces of theSudanese government and rebels in the safe areas, urging the AUmonitors to ensure that the insurgents lay down their arms.Under the agreement, the Khartoum government will make sure thatpro-government militias also disarm.

    On Sunday, Arab foreign ministers held an emergency meeting onthe Darfur crisis in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, where theyrejected any threat of military intervention in the Darfur crisis.On July 30, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution, givingSudan 30 days to disarm the Arab militia, known as the Janjaweed,which was blamed for atrocities in Darfur, or face internationalsanctions.

    Rebel groups in Darfur took up arms against the government inFebruary last year, claiming that their region was neglected by thesuccessive Sudanese governments.

    Darfur is considered by the United Nations the site of theworld's worst humanitarian crisis, which has left up to 10,000people dead and some 1 million displaced. Enditem