U.N. votes to create Darfur force
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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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The United States and Britain introduced a draft U.N. Security Council resolution Wednesday that would give the United Nations authority over peacekeepers in Darfur as soon as Sudan's government gives its consent &#151; which it has so far refused to do.
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Two members of the U.N. Security Council &#151; Britain and Ghana &#151; are expected to introduce a resolution this week to authorize a joint U.N.-African Union force to help end the four-year conflict in Darfur, Britain's U.N. ambassador said Wednesday.
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UNITED NATIONS -- Sudan agreed to an expanded peacekeeping force in the Darfur region yesterday, according to a communique approved by negotiators from Sudan, the United Nations, and the African Union.
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A U.S.-British-drafted   resolution to create a United Nations peacekeeping force in   Sudan's Darfur region faces a vote on Thursday but troops will   not be deployed without consent from the Khartoum government.
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U.N. mission officials in Sudan said Friday they hope an expanded African force will be on the ground in Darfur by the end of October, after Sudan's foreign minister agreed to allow in 3,500 outside troops.
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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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U.N. Secretary-General Ban  Ki-moon told the 15-member U.N. Security Council on Monday to  move quickly in authorizing up to 26,000 troops and police in  Darfur, an apparent reference to a dispute among members.
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The U.N. Security Council on Thursday passed a resolution to form a U.N. peacekeeping force for Sudan's war-torn region of Darfur, provided the African nation reverses its opposition.
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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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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan on Thursday threw his weight behind a U.S.-drafted  resolution on Sudan's Darfur region, saying the Security  Council should adopt it immediately to stop atrocities.
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Bloomberg - July 16 (Bloomberg) -- The United Nations should authorize a peacekeeping force for Darfur within days, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said amid opposition to a U.S.-backed measure that would send 24,000 soldiers and police to western Sudan.
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The UN Security Council held private talks on a proposal to deploy a robust UN force in Sudan's Darfur region with the expectation of Khartoum's consent and decided to vote on it.
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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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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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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia  - The African Union's Peace and Security Council voted Wednesday to boost the number of peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region and send a contingent of civilian police to monitor efforts to end violence that has driven more than 1.5 million people from their homes.
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Sudan agreed on Tuesday to a combined United Nations and African Union peacekeeping force of more than 20,000 troops and police to be deployed in its troubled Darfur region after months of intense diplomacy.