U.N., AU agree on Darfur force command
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The U.N. and African Union chief executives on Wednesday resolved a dispute over command of a proposed joint military force to help end bloodshed in Darfur, but the deal still must be approved by their organizations' security councils and Sudan's government.
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A joint African-United Nations force took over peacekeeping duties in Darfur on Monday, a long-awaited change that is intended to be the strongest effort yet to solve the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
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UNITED NATIONS - The African Union communicated to the UN Thursday its decision to send an expanded force of troops and police with a broad mandate to protect aid workers, monitors and civilians in Sudanâs strife-torn Darfur region.
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The U.N. Security Council endorsed 40 pages of plans on Friday for a Darfur peacekeeping force of more than 23,000 troops and police to protect civilians and use force to deter violence.
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A new joint African Union-United Nations force was poised to take over peacekeeping in Darfur on Monday from an AU mission which has struggled to stem nearly five years of violence in the western Sudanese region.
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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 U.N. Security Council on   Thursday voted to create a United Nations peacekeeping force in   Sudan's Darfur region but troops will not be deployed without   consent from the Khartoum government.
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A joint United Nations-African  Union (AU) force took charge of peacekeeping in Darfur on  Monday, seeking to end almost five years of fighting in the  western Sudanese region.
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The U.N. Security Council gave  preliminary support on Monday to a proposed peace force  spearheaded by European Union troops to tackle spillover  violence from Sudan&#39;s Darfur region in Chad and the Central  African Republic.
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The Security Council on Friday endorsed a report on a planned UN-African Union (AU) joint peacekeeping mission in Darfur that calls on Khartoum to allow a mobile force of up to 23,000 troops and police in the war-torn region.
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Sudan on Tuesday agreed to a combined United Nations and African Union peacekeeping force of more than 20,000 troops and police to be deployed in its troubled Darfur region after months of intense diplomacy.
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Senior United Nations diplomats will  seek to persuade Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir&#039;s  government on Tuesday to accept a U.N. peacekeeping force in  the western Darfur region.
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A hybrid U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force for the Darfur region of Sudan has received sufficient pledges for participation, though critical needs remain for technical support and an engineer corps, a top U.N. official said.
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The United States and Britain introduced a draft U.N. Security Council resolution Wednesday that would give the United Nations authority over peacekeepers in Darfur as soon as Sudan's government gives its consent &#151; which it has so far refused to do.
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U.N. Security Council members on Sunday said they had assurances from Sudan that command and control of a joint African Union-U.N. force in Darfur would be under the world body.
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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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The United Nations and the  African Union were close to a deal on Wednesday on fielding  23,000 peacekeepers in Sudan&#39;s violent Darfur region, but full  deployment is not expected until next year at the earliest.