Security Council okays UN takeover of peacekeeping in Darfur
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The Security Council gave its green light for a UN takeover of peacekeeping in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region, increasing the pressure on Khartoum to lift its strong opposition to the move.
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A UN Security Council team held talks in Khartoum on Sunday to thrash out the details of a beefed up peacekeeping force for Darfur after the Sudan government finally gave its green light to the plan.
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EL-FASHER, Sudan  - A joint United Nations-African Union (AU) force took charge of peacekeeping in Darfur on Monday, seeking to end almost five years of fighting in the western Sudanese region.
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The Netherlands, which is holding the presidency of the European Union (EU), Wednesday applauded the adoption of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1564 on the Darfur crisis of Sudan.
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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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The UN Security Council is set to vote on deploying 17,000-strong peacekeeping force seen as crucial to the success of a fragile peace agreement holding in Sudan's Darfur region.
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Sudan has agreed to the deployment, mandate and structure of a combined United Nations and African Union peacekeeping force for its troubled Darfur region, a senior AU official said on Tuesday.
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The Security Council gave the European Union and the U.N. the green light Monday to prepare for a military and police deployment to help protect civilians in Chad and the Central African Republic caught in the spillover of the Darfur conflict.
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The UN Security Council met Friday to endorse a report on a planned UN-African Union joint peacekeeping operation in Darfur which calls for deploying a robust, mobile force of around 20,000 troops with Khartoum&#39;s consent.
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The UN Security Council approves the deployment of an African peacekeeping force to tackle unrest in Somalia.
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Most Kenyans have welcomed the decision of the UN Security Council to hold its session on the peace initiatives in Sudan and Somalia in the capital, Nairobi.
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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 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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Beefed-up peacekeeping force raises hopes as some Darfur rebel leaders agree common platform.
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A new joint African Union-United Nations force took over peacekeeping in Darfur on Monday from an AU mission which failed to stem nearly five years of conflict in western Sudan.
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The UN Security Council has approved a resolution threatening oil sanctions against Sudan unless it halts atrocities in Darfur. The resolution also orders an investigation into charges that the terror in Darfur constitutes genocide.
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The U.N. Security Council dropped an appeal Friday urging Sudan to quickly allow a robust peacekeeping force in violence-wracked Darfur, approving instead a watered-down statement that took the focus off the Sudanese government.