Annan says Darfur peace deal possible by year-end
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pledge in front of 15 UN Security Council ambassadors in Nairobi, not far from the Kenyan resort of Naivasha where they held negotiations.
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All sides in the conflict in Darfur are ready to start talks to renegotiate a year-old peace accord rejected by many Darfuris as inadequate, the top U.N. humanitarian chief in Sudan said on Friday.
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Tony Blair says a peace deal between the Israelis and Palestinians could be struck by the end of the year.
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A quick peace deal for Sudan&#39;s western Darfur region may be possible after a separate agreement was reached between Khartoum and southern Sudanese rebels, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said.
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NAIROBI  - UN ambassadors agreed here unanimously on the text of a resolution aimed at restoring peace to war-ravaged Sudan, as the country&#39;s main foes promised to conclude talks on their 21-year-old conflict by the end of the year.
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AL-FASHER, Sudan  - Sudan, awaiting word on whether it will be sanctioned by the international community, hopes for a "reasonable decision" from the UN Security Council, the foreign minister said Monday, the UN-imposed deadline for quelling violence in its western Darfur provinces.
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The head of the planned hybrid African Union-UN peacekeeping force for Sudan&#39;s war-torn western Darfur region is optimistic for his mission while acknowledging the complexity of the task.
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The United Nations chief on Monday welcomed the end to a three-month political dispute that threatened to re-ignite civil war in southern Sudan, but urged both sides to fully implement an earlier peace deal to help stabilize their region of Africa.
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The United Nations is optimistic Sudan will stick to an accord on a U.N.-African Union force for troubled Darfur, a U.N. spokeswoman said on Wednesday, but some diplomats feared Khartoum had set conditions.
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UN chief Kofi Annan said that he was waiting for Khartoum to clarify contentious points of a tentative deal for a peacekeeping force in Darfur amid fears the conflict there could spiral out of control.
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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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Secretary-General Kofi Annan called on the UN Security Council Wednesday to urgently reassess its efforts to end nearly two-years of conflict and bloodshed in Sudan&#39;s western Darfur region, saying the current approach isn&#39;t working.
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UN ambassadors evening agreed here unanimously on the text of a resolution aimed at restoring peace to war-ravaged Sudan, as the country's main foes promised to conclude talks on their 21-year-old conflict by the end of the year.
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UNITED NATIONS, Dec 21  - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Tuesday said he now saw brighter prospects for a long-elusive peace between Israelis and Palestinians in the Middle East.
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UNITED NATIONS  - Secretary General Kofi Annan called on the UN 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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Relieved at the end of a "horrible year," Secretary-General Kofi Annan insisted Tuesday he has no intention of resigning over an embattled U.N. program to aid Iraqis and will pursue sweeping reforms in his remaining two years in office.
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Sudan&#39;s government is willing to meet  rebel groups from Darfur anywhere, any time and would commit to  a unilateral cease-fire while peace talks are held, Khartoum&#39;s  ambassador to the United Nations said on Thursday.