UN Refugee Chief Backs Darfur Autonomy
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Sudan may have to grant autonomy to Darfur to bring peace to the vast region where 1.4 million people have been displaced by fighting and 50,000 have died, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said on Friday.
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Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail said here on Monday that his government is open to the idea of granting some sort of autonomy to the western Darfur region where
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The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees proposed autonomy for the troubled Darfur region of Sudan &#151; a solution the government has resisted but said Friday it would be willing to discuss anew in an effort to end the violence that has killed 50,000 people.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Wednesday that Sudan's government has not stopped attacks on "terrorized and traumatized" civilians in its Darfur region and urged the speedy deployment of an expanded international peacekeeping force.
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Back in Geneva following a weeklong visit to the troubled Darfur region of Sudan, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights today said the external security and humanitarian presence there should be quickly expanded.
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The UN Security Council approves a French plan to send UN and EU forces to protect refugees from Darfur.
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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.
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Sudan will have to grant its Darfur region autonomy to end a conflict which has forced 1.4 million people from their homes and killed 50,000, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers said Friday.
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EL FASHER, Sudan  - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the Darfur region of western Sudan on Wednesday, promising to step up pressure for a political solution to the 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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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan on Thursday threw his weight behind a U.S.-drafted  resolution on Sudan's Darfur region, saying the Security  Council should adopt it immediately to stop atrocities.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan called for help to stop killings in Darfur.
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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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The U.N. secretary-general warned Tuesday that Sudan would bear full responsibility for the worsening humanitarian crisis in Darfur if African Union peacekeepers pull out by month's end because of the government's refusal to allow a U.N.-led force to take over.
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Many refugees in Sudan&#39;s wartorn Darfur region still live in a climate of fear and are reluctant to return home as they do not trust the government to protect them, according to the United Nation&#39;s (UN) human rights chief.
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UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers appealed to Khartoum and ethnic minority rebels to set aside their differences Sunday, as he launched a tour of Sudan's devastated western region of Darfur with an appeal for peace.
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The Sudanese government signed an agreement with the UN migration agency yesterday to ensure that more than 1million people displaced by violence in the western region of Darfur can voluntarily return home - but cannot be forced to do so.