UN prepares vote to create Darfur force
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A U.S.-British-drafted  resolution to create a United Nations peacekeeping force in  Sudan's Darfur region faces a vote on Thursday but troops will  not be deployed without consent from the Khartoum government.
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The U.N. Security Council gave preliminary support on Monday to a proposed peace force spearheaded by European Union troops to tackle spillover violence from Sudan's Darfur region in Chad and the Central African Republic.
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The US presents a new draft UN resolution to pressure Sudan to resolve the conflict in the Darfur region.
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Sudan and the United Nations have agreed on key elements of a joint African Union-U.N. peacekeeping force for Darfur, including that its commander will be African, a U.N. diplomat said Sunday.
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The UN Security Council is due to vote on proposed sanctions on Ivory Coast, including an arms ban.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia  - The African Union's Peace and Security Council voted Wednesday to boost the number of peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region and send a contingent of civilian police to monitor efforts to end violence that has driven more than 1.5 million people from their homes.
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Senior United Nations diplomats will  seek to persuade Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir&#039;s  government on Tuesday to accept a U.N. peacekeeping force in  the western Darfur region.
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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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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 U.N. Security Council on Wednesday authorized an African force to protect Somalia's government against an increasingly powerful Islamic militia, hoping to restore peace and avert a broader conflict in the region.
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The United Nations and the African Union drew up plans for a peacekeeping force for Darfur of more than 23,000 troops, police and other personnel to protect civilians and be able to use force to deter violence.
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The United Nations got its first  pledges of troops for a proposed peacekeeping force in Sudan's  Darfur region at a meeting on Monday of 49 potential  contributing nations.
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The UN Security Council is to vote later on Saturday on a draft resolution aimed at stepping up pressure on Sudan to bring peace to its Darfur region.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the 15-member U.N. Security Council on Monday to move quickly in authorizing up to 26,000 troops and police in Darfur, an apparent reference to a dispute among members.
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The United Nations handed over to Sudan on Friday detailed plans for a Darfur peacekeeping force of more than 23,000 troops and police to protect civilians and use force to deter violence.
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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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The U.N. Security Council on   Thursday voted to create a United Nations peacekeeping force in   Sudan's Darfur region to avert a new humanitarian disaster, but   the Khartoum government rejected the resolution as "illegal."