China to veto US draft on Sudan sanctions
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China has threatened to veto a new US draft resolution calling on the UN to consider oil sanctions against Sudan if violence in Darfur continues.
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UNITED NATIONS: The United States on Tuesday vetoed the draft of an Arab-backed resolution at the UN Security Council, which would have called on Israel to end its military operation in the Gaza Strip.
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Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations Wang Guangya reiterated on Saturday China&#39;s firm opposition to imposing UN sanctions against Sudan over the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.
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President George W. Bush imposed new  U.S. sanctions on Sudan on Tuesday and sought support for an  international arms embargo out of frustration at Sudan&#39;s  refusal to end what he called a genocide in Darfur.
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The United States put forward a new draft UN resolution on Tuesday, threatening to impose sanctions on Sudan&#39;s oil industry if the Sudanese government fails to end the bloodshed in its troubled Darfur region.
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The US push for United Nations sanctions against Sudan&#39;s government for failing to halt Arab-militia atrocities in Darfur is being thwarted in part by China&#39;s strong economic interest in the African country.
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The Sudanese Government has rejected a US-sponsored United Nations Security Council draft resolution, aimed at punishing the African nation over a conflict in its western Darfur region, saying the measure was unfair and lacked balance.
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The latest American draft resolution threatening oil sanctions against Sudan has hit significant opposition from China and Russia, both with Security Council veto power.
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The United States cast the first U.N. Security Council veto in nearly two years Thursday, blocking an Arab-backed resolution that would have demanded Israel halt its military offensive in the Gaza Strip.
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The U.S. warned Thursday that the Sudanese government could face further sanctions if it does not move quickly to approve a 26,000-strong peacekeeping force for Darfur.
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The United Nations is useless to blacks in Darfur. China will veto any meaningful action. his land stinks of fear and death. âNicholas Kristof, The New York Times, from Darfur, October 20.
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The United States has drafted a new UN resolution threatening oil sanctions against Sudan if Khartoum does not stop abuses in Darfur and accept an expanded African Union monitoring force with more powers.
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The threatened sanctions championed by the United States and the European Union (EU) on Sudan could not help solve the crisis in the African country, saida leading Chinese newspaper Thursday.
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UNITED NATIONS - A U.N. Security Council vote on whether to threaten sanctions against Sudan hinged on China and other opponents who fear that the specter of punishment could ruin efforts to end a crisis that has killed more than 50,000 and spawned 1.2 million refugees...
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The United States and others will consider imposing a range of punitive measures against Sudan for its refusal to accept an international force into its Darfur region, the State Department said on Tuesday.
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The United States proposed on Monday a draft U.N. Security Council resolution on a peacekeeping force in southern Sudan and sanctions in Darfur. Following are highlights of the eight-page measure that may be voted on within two weeks.
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The United States has resubmitted a draft UN Security Council resolution threatening sanctions against Sudan&#39;s oil industry. The re-write is designed to win broader backing for the measure, which drew strong opposition when it was circulated last week.