The peace agreement includes security arrangements, land ownership, power-sharing, wealth-sharing, the return of refugees, accountability and reconciliation.
This arrest should act as a deterrent to other military and political leaders who think they can commit such crimes with impunity, said Michelle Bachelet.
Elements of government forces, along with armed militias, have been accused of carrying out multiple large-scale attacks against civilians in North Darfur.
The head of the Sudan Council of Churches has called for the urgent resolution of the conflict in Darfur after two German aid workers became the latest victims of abduction in the region.
Leaders of the All Africa Conference of Churches have demanded the Sudanese government "allow uninterrupted humanitarian assistance" following the expulsion of 13 aid agencies from Darfur.
Anglican church leaders from across Africa have sent a petition to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown appealing for his government’s assistance in ending the brutal attacks by the so-called Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).
An African official says China and Russia should pullout of the UNl debate on the arrest warrant for Sudan President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, saying the two world powers are suppliers of the very arms causing much of the violence in Sudan.
Conditions for civilians caught up in fighting between the Sudanese government and rebels in the South Darfur town of Muhajiriya are getting worse, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has warned.