U.N. votes for control over Darfur peacekeepers
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The U.N. Security Council on   Thursday voted to create a United Nations peacekeeping force in   Sudan's Darfur region, despite the Khartoum government's strong   opposition.
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UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. 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 U.N. Security Council  adopted a resolution on Saturday that threatens to consider oil  sanctions against Sudan if Khartoum does not stop atrocities in  the Darfur region.
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The Security Council voted 11-0 to adopt the second United Nations resolution in two months that presses the government of Sudan to end the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, where the US said genocide is being committed.
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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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The UN Security Council is to vote later on Saturday on a draft resolution aimed at stepping up pressure on Sudan to bring peace to its Darfur region.
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Britain and the United States  introduced a Security Council resolution on Thursday to send  some 17,000 U.N. peacekeepers to Sudan's Darfur region, despite  opposition from the Khartoum government.
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The U.N. General Assembly divided peacekeeping into two departments Friday, a victory for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon after months of negotiations to overhaul management of the overburdened operations.
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The African Union transferred authority Monday to a new joint peacekeeping force with the United Nations in Darfur that the international community hopes will stem the violence in Sudan's war-torn western region
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Sudan's ruling party has rejected a proposed Security Council resolution to transfer peacekeeping duties in conflict-wracked Darfur to a U.N. force, saying it would violate national sovereignty, official media reported Thursday.
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The Security Council voted unanimously Friday to wrap up the U.N. peacebuilding mission in Sierra Leone in September 2008, praising this year's democratic elections and efforts to professionalize its armed forces.
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EL FASHER, Sudan -- The African Union transferred authority Monday to a new joint peacekeeping force with the United Nations in Darfur that the international community hopes will stem the violence in Sudan's war-torn western region.
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The U.N. Security Council on   Thursday voted to create a United Nations peacekeeping force in   Sudan's Darfur region to avert a new humanitarian disaster, but   the Khartoum government rejected the resolution as "illegal."
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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 and the African Union reached tentative agreement on Wednesday on a 23,000-strong peacekeeping force for Darfur by glossing over a dispute on who controls the operation.
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The U.N. Security Council voted on Monday to extend the mandate of a peacekeeping force in Ivory Coast until January to help create peaceful conditions for elections that have been repeatedly delayed.
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Darfur rebels said Sudanese planes and   troops attacked villages in the western region before a U.N.   Security Council vote Thursday on the deployment of U.N.   peacekeepers to the region.