UN to send envoy to discuss 'hybrid' Darfur force
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The United Nations is to send a special envoy to Sudan to coordinate assistance to the embattled African Union force deployed in war-torn Darfur, state media have reported.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban  Ki-moon is considering transferring his envoy in Iraq to Sudan,  a post that has been vacant for nearly a year, diplomats said  on Wednesday.
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A UN envoy welcomes a move to deploy  African troops to Sudan's Darfur region, but says more are needed.
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LONDON, Aug 18  -- The United Nations&#39; top envoy in Sudan said an African peacekeeping force deploying in Darfur was too small to carry out its mission in the vast, devastated Sudanese region, in comments published Wednesday in the Financial Times ...
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The African Union, the United Nations and the Sudanese government opened talks here Monday on the deployment of a hybrid AU-UN force of 23,000 peacekeepers to Sudan&#39;s war-torn region of Darfur.
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Darfur rebels boycotting peace talks in Libya said on Tuesday they would meet envoys from an African Union-U.N. mediation team but specified conditions that gave little hope they would change their positions.
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The U.S. special envoy to Sudan was en route to Brussels to discuss the crisis in Darfur with top European Union and NATO officials, the State Department said on Thursday.
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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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Sudan has accepted a United  Nations-African Union peacekeeping force of up to 23,000 troops  and police for Darfur but some U.N. diplomats fear conditions  may be attached.
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The United Nations handed over to Sudan on Friday detailed plans 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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Sudan said Thursday it would permit the U.N. to lay the groundwork for possible deployment of a peacekeeping force in Darfur, but cautioned that the world body&#039;s role would be smaller than some Security Council members want.
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U.N. and African Union envoys urged the parties to Sudan's Darfur conflict on Saturday to attend peace talks after rebel divisions and boycotts stalled progress towards negotiations.
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Sudan's president rejected a proposal yesterday to send UN peacekeepers to Darfur to boost a beleaguered 7,000-member African Union force, crushing hopes for a quick solution to the violence spreading across central Africa. Sudan, the UN, and the AU had agreed to a hybrid mission, but there was confusion, with some Sudanese officials saying they only want ...
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon holds talks with Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir on Thursday to win his support for a rapid deployment of a massive new peacekeeping force in Darfur, a region wracked by four years of war and human suffering.
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UNITED NATIONS  - UN Security Council ambassadors departed for a high-profile Africa visit, hoping to bring an end to two separate wars in Sudan despite internal bickering over how to do so.
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Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir has reservations about UN chief Ban Ki-moon's plan to send an initial force of 2,300 peacekeepers to strife-torn Darfur, the Sudanese ambassador to the UN said Thursday.
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The United Nations told Sudan on   Tuesday it was sending military experts to Darfur to help the   under-equipped African Union force, a move that needs   Khartoum's support, officials said.