Darfur needs development, not peacekeepers: Sudan
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Sudan's finance minister said on   Monday that money earmarked by the United Nations for   peacekeepers would be better spent on development in the   country's war-torn Darfur region.
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UNITED NATIONS, March 13 -- Sudan's president has rejected the core elements of a plan to send U.N. peacekeepers to Darfur to help protect civilians from a government-backed campaign of violence.
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Sudan says it is not yet ready to accept a larger African Union peacekeeping force in the troubled region.
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The top U.N. envoy to Sudan said Tuesday the Sudanese government has failed to improve security for the embattled people in Darfur or brought to justice the perpetrators of atrocities during the 19-month conflict.
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African Union forces are not equal to  task of securing Darfur and Sudan must allow them to be  replaced by a bigger, better-funded U.N. peacekeeping mission,  U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Tuesday.
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Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir   said on Saturday he did not want a U.N. peacekeeping force in   Darfur under any circumstances.
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Several thousand military observers are urgently needed to improve security in Sudan&#39;s troubled Darfur region, a UN envoy has said.
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon was in the strife-torn Sudanese region of Darfur on Wednesday, admitting the international community has not done enough to end four years of war and human suffering.
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Sudan rejected a wider role for African peacekeepers in putting down violence and disarming militiamen in the Darfur region, as Sudanese and rebel officials opened peace talks Monday under heavy international pressure to find a solution to the crisis.
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Warning that Darfur is descending into anarchy, the top U.N. envoy to Sudan urged the Security Council Thursday to quickly deploy African troops to deter violence and speed up peace talks to prevent warlords from taking control of the vast western region.
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Sudan's government on Saturday ruled out discussion of an African Union proposal to send peacekeepers into the conflict-ridden Darfur region during the latest peace talks with rebels.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Wednesday a much larger international force was needed in Sudan's Darfur region "as soon as possible" since the government has failed to fully protect African villagers from Arab militias.
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Sudan does not object to the deployment of more foreign cease-fire monitors and protection troops in crisis-torn Darfur, Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail said Saturday.
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Sudan's conflict-ridden Darfur region  faces a humanitarian "catastrophe" without rapid action to  improve the security situation and allow aid flow to those in  need, the head of the U.N.'s refugee agency said on Friday.
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NAIROBI, Nov 18  -- The deteriorating situation in Sudan&#39;s troubled Darfur region received secondary attention during a meeting Thursday of the United Nations Security Council in Nairobi as emphasis focused on the search for peace in southern Sudan.
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Not enough countries have  contributed to the peacekeeping force in Darfur and the African  Union is blocking some of those who have, diplomats said on the  eve of a high-level meeting on Sudan on Friday.
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Agriculture Minister insists Sudan can handle security situation in Darfur without need for AU peacekeepers. ABUJA - The head of Sudan&#39;s delegation to African Union-sponsored talks on the conflict in the western