U.N. chief calls for strengthened Darfur
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged the Security Council to strengthen African Union forces in the Sudan's violence-wracked Darfur region and more than double it if a U.N. takeover of peacekeeping duties is approved.
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UNITED NATIONS/N'DJAMENA  - U.N. Secretary General  Kofi Annan called for immediate action on Wednesday to end what  he termed a near hell on earth in Sudan's western Darfur  region.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is urging the Security Council to act quickly to protect civilians in Sudan&#39;s troubled Darfur region.
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Warning that Darfur is descending into anarchy, the top UN envoy to Sudan urged the Security Council Thursday to quickly deploy African troops to deter violence and speed up peace talks
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Major Western nations must offer more police for Darfur to end four years of violence, the retiring U.N. police chief said on Thursday as the world body struggles to find enough officers for the Sudanese province.
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United Nations head Kofi Annan has urged the Security Council to take &quot;prompt action&quot; to stop intensifying violence in the Sudan&#39;s Darfur region.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan is sending a top aide to Sudan to press his case for  bolstering an African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur with  substantial U.N. resources, a spokesman said on Monday.
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Sudan's conflict-ridden Darfur region   faces a humanitarian "catastrophe" without rapid action to   improve security and get aid to those in need, the head of the   U.N. refugee agency said on Friday.
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged U.N. member states on Thursday to provide critically needed aviation, transport and logistics units for the new African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force in Sudan's conflict-wracked Darfur region.
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UN chief  Kofi Annan asks the Security Council to adopt a US draft resolution on Sudan's Darfur region.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is sending a top aide to Sudan to press his case for bolstering an African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur with substantial U.N. resources, a spokesman said on Monday.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan called on the U.N. Security Council Wednesday to urgently reassess its efforts to end nearly two-years of conflict and bloodshed in Sudan's western Darfur region, saying the current approach isn't working.
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The United Nations should  immediately beef up the African Union force in Darfur with  communications, transport and other help in preparation for its  own operation, the head of U.N. peacekeeping said on Tuesday.
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All sides in the conflict in Darfur are ready to start talks to renegotiate a year-old peace accord rejected by many Darfuris as inadequate, the top U.N. humanitarian chief in Sudan said on Friday.
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UN chief Kofi Annan's special envoy to Sudan urged the Sudanese government to accept international aid if it is unable to protect the population in its troubled Darfur region.
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UNITED NATIONS : An expanded African force must be urgently deployed in Sudan&#39;s troubled Darfur region, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said in a report discussed by the UN Security Council.
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TRIPOLI, Libya &#151; After a weeklong trip to three African countries, the U.N. secretary-general said Sunday he was encouraged by "credible progress" toward settling one of the continent's bloodiest conflicts in Sudan's Darfur region.