UN envoy urges beefing up African Union in Sudan
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The United Nations should beef   up African Union forces in Darfur with troops and logistical   support, even if Sudan does not allow a full U.N. operation, a   senior U.N. envoy said on Monday.
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The U.N. Security Council called  on Wednesday for more funds for a hard-pressed African Union  peacekeeping force in Somalia and asked the U.N.  secretary-general to keep planning for a U.N. force there.
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Ambassadors from the UN Security Council will head to Kenya for a rare meeting outside New York aimed at pressing for an end to Sudan's long-running civil war and the separate crisis in Darfur.
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The UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, called for a substantial and speedy expansion of the international forces in Darfur after reporting that the Sudanese government had failed to stop attacks on civilians.
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The United Nations should beef  up African Union forces in Darfur with troops and logistical  support, even if Sudan does not allow a full U.N. operation, a  senior U.N. envoy said on Monday.
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A UN envoy welcomes a move to deploy  African troops to Sudan's Darfur region, but says more are needed.
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The U.N. Security Council called on Wednesday for more funds for a hard-pressed African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia and asked the U.N. secretary-general to keep planning for a U.N. force there.
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The UN special envoy to Sudan has urged African states to speed up moves to send a large force to Darfur and called on the West to back their efforts with generous logistical support.
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The African Union urged Sudan's government and Darfur rebels to remain engaged in peace talks Monday, after negotiations foundered over what the U.N. has called the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
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UNITED NATIONS  - UN Security Council ambassadors departed for a high-profile Africa visit, hoping to bring an end to two separate wars in Sudan despite internal bickering over how to do so.
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Not enough countries have  contributed to the peacekeeping force in Darfur and the African  Union is blocking some of those who have, diplomats said on the  eve of a high-level meeting on Sudan on Friday.
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The U.N. Security Council said Monday it would speedily consider sending peacekeepers to Sudan to support a new peace deal and urged the new government of national unity to work actively to end the conflict in western Darfur.
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The African Union is ready to send more peacekeeping troops to quell the deadly violence in Sudan's Darfur region but is prevented from doing so because it lacks the cash, according to officials at the AU headquarters.
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The United Nations and Sudan are discussing the deployment of U.N. military advisers to reinforce the African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur, hoping to avert a standoff that could deepen the crisis in the war-torn region, officials from both sides said Tuesday.
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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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Warning that Darfur is descending into anarchy, the top U.N. envoy to Sudan urged the Security Council Thursday to quickly deploy African troops to deter violence and speed up peace talks to prevent warlords from taking control of the vast western region.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan hailed on Thursday the African Union&#39;s decision to deploy more troops and police in Sudan&#39;s trouble western region of Darfurto help improve the security conditions there.