U.N. demands Darfur parties attend talks
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The U.N. Security Council demanded on Wednesday that Sudan's government and Darfur rebels attend peace talks starting over the weekend and threatened action against anyone impeding the negotiations.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday to immediately address the escalating atrocities in Darfur by sending an independent team of investigators to the volatile Sudanese region.
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The Sudanese government is trying to meet U.N. demands to end the conflict in Darfur that has killed up to 50,000 people but needs to do more, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Tuesday.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban  Ki-moon flies to Sudan on Monday to push for talks between the  government and rebels to end the four-year-old crisis in Darfur  and clear the way for a big peacekeeping force.
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U.N. Security Council ambassadors  will seek confirmation of a deal for a boosted Darfur  peacekeeping force when they meet Sudanese President Omar  Hassan al-Bashir in Khartoum on Sunday.
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With increased clashes threatening to plunge Sudan&#39;s western Darfur region into chaos, the top UN political officer on Tuesday called on the international community to
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The United States pressed Sudan on  Monday to accept a U.N. force in its troubled Darfur region, as  U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned Khartoum its military  bombardment of the region was illegal.
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Kofi Annan, United Nations secretary-general, has urged the Security Council to step up its efforts to end the conflict in Sudan&#39;s western Darfur region, where growing violence
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged  the Security Council on Sunday to consider sanctions against  Sudan for "gross violations of human rights" in Darfur.
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Sudan has left a 'tiny' window open  for negotiation on accepting U.N. troops in its violent Darfur  region, the top U.N. envoy in Khartoum said on Wednesday.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told President Bush on Tuesday the United Nations is speeding up efforts to find a political solution to the four-year conflict in Darfur that has killed more than 200,000 people.
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The Sudanese government is trying to meet UN demands to end the conflict in Darfur that has killed up to 50,000 people but needs to do more, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Tuesday.
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A ceasefire and political talks must take place in Sudan's Darfur region before an international military force there could guarantee security, the head of U.N. peacekeeping said on Tuesday.
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A ceasefire and political talks must  take place in Sudan's Darfur region before an international  military force there could guarantee security, the head of U.N.  peacekeeping said on Tuesday.
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The United Nations urged warring   groups in Darfur on Thursday to lay down their weapons during   the Islamic holy month of Ramadan to let relief workers operate   in Sudan's battered west.
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EL FASHER, Sudan  - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in the Darfur region of western Sudan on Wednesday, promising to step up pressure for a political solution to the festering conflict.
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The United States demanded an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Thursday over a letter in which Sudan's government said it would view any troop commitments to a future force in Darfur as a "hostile act" and a "prelude to an invasion."