Critical U.N. aide now lauds U.S., U.K. on Darfur
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A United Nations official who infuriated Washington by accusing the United States and Britain of "megaphone diplomacy" over Sudan changed tack on Monday, praising both countries for keeping the issue alive.
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The world was astounded when Secretary of State Colin Powell labeled the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan, as genocide. While the United States elevated what the United Nations referred
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday hailed France&#39;s &quot;energizing role&quot; in seeking to launch a new drive to end atrocities in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region.
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President Omar al-Bashir's government on Monday hailed a new agreement with the United Nations over peacekeepers in Darfur as a diplomatic breakthrough for Sudan, but said serious differences remain over the force's makeup and command.
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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 Ban Ki-moon praised on Wednesday an agreement with Sudan on a large force for Darfur, but U.N. envoys acknowledged challenges over command structures and getting enough soldiers to the violent region.
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The US Ambassador to the United Nations, John Danforth, says the recently signed peace memorandum between the government of Sudan and the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement offers the best
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The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday strongly criticized Sudan's decision to promote to a government post a man Washington has accused of coordinating Darfur's marauding militias.
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The UN special envoy to Sudan has welcomed an African Union announcement that it will begin deploying armed peacekeepers to Darfur on Sunday.
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U.N. Security Council members on Sunday said they had assurances from Sudan that command and control of a joint African Union-U.N. force in Darfur would be under the world body.
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A senior U.S. State Department official toured a Darfur refugee camp on Monday, assessing conditions for thousands of displaced people on the final day of a U.N. deadline for the Sudanese government to end violence in the troubled western region.
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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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Darfur's splintered rebel groups on Wednesday united in praising U.S. film director Steven Spielberg for quitting as artistic adviser to the Beijing Olympics, with one calling for athletes to follow his lead.
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The United States said on Friday it is preparing a new U.N. resolution on Darfur and that Secretary of State Colin Powell might address next week whether the violence in western Sudan constitutes genocide.
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Britain supports a U.S. proposal to impose U.N. sanctions against the government of Sudan for its role in Darfur's bloodshed, an official said Wednesday.
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Britain &quot;fully supports&quot; U.S. efforts  to toughen U.N. Security Council sanctions against Sudan  because of the situation in Darfur, a British official  traveling with Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday.
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Sudan blunted U.S. pressure to accept  U.N. troops in Darfur, sidelining Washington's top diplomat on  Africa on Monday ahead of a critical U.N. Security Council  debate on taming Sudan's violent western region.