U.K.: Council Opposes Sudan Sanctions
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A majority of U.N. Security Council members oppose immediate heavy sanctions on Sudan if it fails to quell ethnic violence in its western Darfur region by a deadline at the end of the month, Britain's Foreign Office said Friday.
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Sudanese officials and analysts on Wednesday dismissed new US sanctions over what Washington termed Khartoum&#39;s genocide in Darfur as being a largely political exercise rather than harsh economic curbs.
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The United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution that threatens &quot;to consider&quot; oil sanctions on Sudan if the government does not act to end the violence in the country&#39;s troubled Darfur region.
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The UN Security Council must impose sanctions on the Sudanese officials and pro-government Arab militia behind ethnic cleansing in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region, a human rights group and aid agencies said Monday.
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept 10: Pakistan and China on Thursday expressed strong opposition to a US-sponsored resolution on Sudan which demands sanctions and a UN inquiry whether a genocide was taking place in the country.
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European Union foreign ministers reaffirmed Saturday that they would push for UN sanctions against Sudan, including a possible oil boycott, if the country does not move to end the fighting in its western Darfur region.
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Britain "fully supports" U.S. efforts to toughen U.N. Security Council sanctions against Sudan because of the situation in Darfur, a British official traveling with Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday.
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The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on Saturday threatening Sudan with oil sanctions if it did not stop atrocities in the Darfur region where Arab militias are terrorizing African villagers.
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Britain supports a U.S. proposal to impose U.N. sanctions against the government of Sudan for its role in Darfur's bloodshed, an official said Wednesday.
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A delegation of Sudanese parliamentarians dismissed on Thursday the threat of oil sanctions contained in a UN resolution submitted by the United States to pressure the government over the conflict in Darfur.
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AID agencies attacked the Umited Nations Security Council yesterday for not agreeing to impose tough sanctions against the Sudanese Government if the violence in Darfur is not stopped.
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The United Nations Security Council is unlikely to impose heavy sanctions on Sudan, even if Khartoum fails to meet the body's demands to rein in marauding militiamen in Darfur, a senior British official said Friday.
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Sudan said that the U.N. Security Council's resolution threatening oil sanctions if it failed to end violence in the country's western region of Darfur was unfair and would make it harder to resolve the crisis.
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Sudan accused a United Nations panel of bias and moved Tuesday to block the U.N. Human Rights Council from considering its report accusing the government of orchestrating attacks against civilians in Darfur.
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Russia has ruled out UN Security Council sanctions against Sudan for its failure to control Arab militias in the Darfur region. The senior UN envoy to Sudan will brief the Council Thursday on his just-completed
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The Sudanese Government has rejected a US-sponsored United Nations Security Council draft resolution, aimed at punishing the African nation over a conflict in its western Darfur region, saying the measure was unfair and lacked balance.
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The U.N. Security Council  adopted a resolution on Saturday that threatens to consider oil  sanctions against Sudan if Khartoum does not stop atrocities in  the Darfur region.