U.N. votes for control over Darfur peacekeepers
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The U.N. Security Council on   Thursday voted to create a United Nations peacekeeping force in   Sudan's Darfur region, despite the Khartoum government's strong   opposition.
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UNITED NATIONS, June 2 -- The African Union has objected to a proposed joint A.U.-U.N. peacekeeping force in Sudan's troubled Darfur region because the United Nations would be in command, U.N. diplomats said.
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The U.N. Security Council said Monday it would speedily consider sending peacekeepers to Sudan to support a new peace deal and urged the new government of national unity to work actively to end the conflict in western Darfur.
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The U.N. Security Council voted late Wednesday to extend the authorization of the NATO-led force in Afghanistan ahead of a high-level meeting Sunday that will focus on promoting national reconciliation in the country.
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The U.N. Security Council  adopted a resolution on Saturday threatening Sudan with  sanctions if it did not stop atrocities in the western Darfur  region where Arab militias are terrorizing African villagers.
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A U.S.-British-drafted  resolution to create a United Nations peacekeeping force in  Sudan's Darfur region faces a vote on Thursday but troops will  not be deployed without consent from the Khartoum government.
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The United Nations and the African Union agreed Thursday on a highly mobile, robust joint force to help protect civilians and restore security to the Darfur region &#151; but Sudan still holds the key to its deployment.
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The United Nations and the  African Union reached tentative agreement on Wednesday on a  23,000-strong peacekeeping force for Darfur by glossing over a  dispute on who controls the operation.
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The U.N. Security Council on  Thursday voted to create a United Nations peacekeeping force in  Sudan's Darfur region to avert a new humanitarian disaster, but  the Khartoum government rejected the resolution as "illegal."
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The US and Britain presented a draft resolution to the United Nations outlining the deployment of 17,000 peacekeepers to war-torn Darfur, despite opposition by the Sudanese government.
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The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to extend the U.N. mission in East Timor for a year and beef up the international police force ahead of upcoming elections.
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The Security Council voted 11-0 to adopt the second United Nations resolution in two months that presses the government of Sudan to end the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, where the US said genocide is being committed.
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The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Wednesday to authorize a regional force to protect Somalia's government which is under increasing pressure from Islamic militants.
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Sudan's ruling party has rejected a proposed Security Council resolution to transfer peacekeeping duties in conflict-wracked Darfur to a U.N. force, saying it would violate national sovereignty, official media reported Thursday.
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The U.N. Security Council  adopted a resolution on Saturday that threatens to consider oil  sanctions against Sudan if Khartoum does not stop atrocities in  the Darfur region.
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The U.N. Security Council on Thursday passed a resolution to form a U.N. peacekeeping force for Sudan's war-torn region of Darfur, provided the African nation reverses its opposition.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Oct. 20, 2004 - The African Union&#39;s Peace and Security Council voted Wednesday to boost the number of peacekeepers in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region and send a contingent of civilian police