US Modifies Call for UN Sanctions Against Sudan
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The United States on Tuesday modified slightly a threat of sanctions on Sudan&#39;s oil industry in a revised text of its UN resolution on atrocities in the country&#39;s Darfur region.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sudan&#39;s government is sponsoring atrocities in its western Darfur region that amount to genocide, buttressing the US case for the United Nations to levy economic sanctions on the African nation.
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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's refusal to end what he called a genocide in Darfur.
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US President George W. Bush announced fresh sanctions against Sudan on Tuesday to punish Khartoum over the continued violence in the Darfur region.
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The United States on Thursday toned down a resolution on Sudan to win support from China, Russia and other Security Council members who fear the threat of sanctions against Khartoum could complicate efforts to end the looting and killing in the Darfur region.
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The United States eased off on the threat of oil sanctions against Sudan to try to win Security Council approval for a resolution pressuring Khartoum to end atrocities in western Darfur.
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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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US Ambassador John Bolton took UN deputy secretary general Mark Malloch Brown to task after the latter criticized Washington and London for their &quot;megaphone diplomacy&quot; in trying to persuade Sudan to accept a UN force in Darfur.
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President Bush's statement Tuesday announcing sanctions to pressure Sudan to stop the violence in Darfur, as transcribed by the White House:
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The United States is expected to  distribute on Tuesday a revised version of its U.N. resolution  on Sudan, but retain a threat of sanctions if Khartoum does not  stop atrocities in its Darfur region, diplomats said.
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The United States has circulated a draft UN resolution that would back a beefed-up monitoring force for Sudan&#39;s conflict-wracked Darfur region and threaten punitive action against the country&#39;s oil exports if the government does not act quickly to stop
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The United States piled pressure on Sudan Wednesday to accept a more powerful monitoring force in Darfur with a new U.N. draft resolution threatening sanctions on its oil industry.
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The UN Security Council approved a resolution Saturday threatening sanctions against Sudan unless it acts to rein in Arab militias accused of violence in Darfur that the United States has called genocide.
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The United Nations should impose targeted sanctions on the Sudanese government if it continues to attack civilians and humanitarian workers in the Darfur region, a U.S.-based human rights organization said in a new report.
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The United States demanded on Thursday that the U.N. Security Council respond to Sudan's warning that any nation pledging U.N. troops for Darfur was committing a "hostile act" and a "prelude to an invasion."
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The United States circulated a new draft resolution on Sudan today, seeking to overcome opposition on the Security Council by modifying a threat to put sanctions
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UNITED NATIONS -- The United States distributed a draft UN resolution yesterday that threatens consideration of sanctions on Sudan's oil industry if Khartoum fails to stem violence in its Darfur region or blocks the deployment of thousands of African monitors.