Sudan welcomes U.N. support for AU Darfur force
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Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir welcomes U.N. support for an African Union force monitoring a widely ignored truce in Sudan's violent Darfur region, state media reported on Thursday.
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Sudan agreed on Tuesday to a combined United Nations and African Union peacekeeping force of more than 20,000 troops and police to be deployed in its troubled Darfur region after months of intense diplomacy.
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Canadian and European Union leaders welcomed the African Union's decision to increase seven-fold its monitoring force in Sudan's Darfur region, and pledged to support the effort.
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The UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously passed a French resolution endorsing sending a European Union-UN  force to Chad and the Central African Republic to protect civilians reeling from a spillover of the Darfur conflict.
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The U.N. peacekeeping chief on Wednesday called Sudan's acceptance of a joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force for Darfur "a significant step forward," although he cautioned "it's not the end of the road."
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The structure of a joint UN-AU force for Darfur is agreed which is hoped will address Sudan's concerns.
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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 Security Council on Wednesday welcomed Sudan&#39;s nod for a joint African Union-UN force to end bloodshed in Darfur and urged &quot;timely and full implementation&quot; of the deal, after getting assurances that Khartoum means business.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan is sending a top aide to Sudan to press his case for  bolstering an African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur with  substantial U.N. resources, a spokesman said on Monday.
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N'DJAMENA  - Chad will back United Nations moves to end the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region by allowing international peacekeepers on its own soil and supporting peace talks, President Idriss Deby said on Friday.
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Sudan said Thursday it would permit the U.N. to lay the groundwork for possible deployment of a peacekeeping force in Darfur, but cautioned that the world body&#039;s role would be smaller than some Security Council members want.
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Sudan&#39;s government says it will accept a larger African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur as long as the troops are used to contain and demobilize rebel forces.
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UNITED NATIONS &#151; Sudan insisted Friday that African countries have offered enough troops for a peacekeeping force in Darfur despite U.N. concerns that the mission will not be effective without specialized contributions from outside the continent.
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Sudan may consent to a U.N.   peacekeeping force in its Darfur region sooner than expected   once the Security Council adopts a resolution authorizing it,   U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said on Wednesday.
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The United States welcomed on Friday Sudanese official&#39;s announcement to accept a larger AfricanUnion (AU) mission in the western region of Darfur and urged the speedy deployment of AU troops.
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The United Nations has welcomed a proposal by Egypt to send 2,500 troops to Darfur as part of a joint UN-African Union force aimed at ending violence in western Sudan, a senior Egyptian diplomat said.
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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.