U.N. lauds Darfur pact but implementation difficult
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban  Ki-moon on Wednesday called Sudan&#39;s agreement on a large force  for Darfur &quot;a milestone,&quot; but U.N. envoys acknowledged  challenges on command structures and finding enough troops.
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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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Sudan and the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force have agreed the terms under which the 26,000-strong force will deploy in western Darfur, officials said on Monday, removing a major barrier to its operations.
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The United Nations&#39; cautious broaching of sanctions if Sudan doesn&#39;t halt the genocide occurring in its Darfur region represents agonizingly slow progress by the international community to respond to this horrible crisis.
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African leaders signed a  U.N.-backed peace framework for the Great Lakes region on  Saturday, but quickly admitted it might be difficult to  implement amid ethnic violence, poverty and political mistrust.
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The African Union has objected to a proposal for a 23,000-strong AU-U.N. force to help end the bloodshed in Sudan's troubled Darfur region because it would give the United Nations command and control, U.N. diplomats said Friday.
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Sudanese hailed a New Year accord  ending a north-south civil war, but celebrations were tempered  by fear the fledgling pact may unravel under pressure from the  separate Darfur conflict in the west.
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The U.N. Security Council gave its unanimous backing Tuesday to a hybrid U.N.-African Union force for conflict-wracked Darfur and urged all parties to quickly beef up the beleaguered African force on the ground.
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U.N. Security Council members on Sunday said they had assurances from Sudan that command and control of a joint African Union-U.N. force in Darfur would be under the world body.
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The U.N. Security Council yesterday approved a long-sought resolution that would place an expanded peacekeeping force in Sudan's troubled Darfur region under U.N. authority, even as the government appeared to have begun a new offensive against rebel forces.
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A U.S.-British draft resolution introduced Thursday would transfer peacekeeping in Sudan's conflict-wracked Darfur region from the African Union to a much larger U.N. force despite strong oppositon from Sudan.
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The U.N. Security Council on  Friday allowed U.N. experts, who have recommended sanctions on  top Sudanese officials, to continue monitoring atrocities and  arms embargo violations in Darfur.
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Darfur rebels view Sudan&#39;s acceptance  of a joint African Union-U.N. peacekeeping force with  suspicion, and insist the United Nations should have overall  command and control, an unresolved part of the deal.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan  - Sudan is optimistic that the  U.N. Security Council will recognize its achievements in  improving the humanitarian and security situation in troubled  Darfur, Sudan's foreign minister said Thursday.
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Sudanese president Omar al-Beshir's reply to a UN request to deploy UN peacekeepers in strife-torn Darfur &quot;seems to challenge&quot; an agreement reached last November, a UN spokeswoman said Friday.
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The U.N. Security Council on Friday allowed U.N. experts, who have recommended sanctions on top Sudanese officials, to continue monitoring atrocities and arms embargo violations in Darfur.
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The head of the planned hybrid African Union-UN peacekeeping force for Sudan&#39;s war-torn western Darfur region is optimistic for his mission while acknowledging the complexity of the task.