UNHCR Backs Darfur Autonomy
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NâDJAMENA, 25 September 2004 - 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 yesterday.
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N'DJAMENA  - 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 U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said on Friday.
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ABECHE, Chad -- The UN High Commissioner for Refugees proposed autonomy for the troubled Darfur region of Sudan, a solution the government has resisted but said yesterday it would be willing to discuss anew in an effort to end the violence that has killed 50,000 people.
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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.
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The Sudanese government and rebel leaders have signed an agreement on security and humanitarian issues in the troubled Darfur region.
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The Sudanese government signed an agreement with the U.N. migration agency Saturday to ensure that more than 1 million people displaced by violence in the western region of Darfur can voluntarily return home &#151; but cannot be forced to do so.
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The Sudanese army has surrounded two refugee camps housing thousands of people in the Darfur region and denied access to groups providing humanitarian aid, a United Nations official said Tuesday.
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The UN Security Council approves a peace force for Sudan's Darfur region - but only if Khartoum agrees.
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An international police presence is needed in Sudan&#39;s troubled Darfur region to ensure its vast population of internally displaced persons (IDPs) are protected, two senior United Nations human rights officials told the Security Council today.
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The Sudanese government on Thursday  defended its human rights record to a United Nations panel,  faulting rebel groups for not stopping &quot;gross violations&quot; in  its conflict-torn Darfur region.
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Sudan gives a cautious welcome to a UN suggestion that it grant more autonomy to try to end violence in the troubled region.
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Peacekeepers from the African Union will be increased to help protect civilians in the afflicted Sudanese region of Darfur, the country&#39;s foreign minister said Thursday.
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GENEVA  - Many refugees in Sudan&#39;s war-torn Darfur region still live in a climate of fear and are reluctant to return home as they don&#39;t trust the government to protect them, the UN&#39;s human rights chief said Saturday.
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Ruud Lubbers, the head of the UN refugee agency UNHCR, has urged the Sudanese government to give autonomy to the western Darfur region to help end a rebellion there which has led to massive reprisals by Arab militias against black African villagers.
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Sudan should grant autonomy to the western Darfur region in order to stop the violence there, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Ruud Lubbers, said Friday.
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The U.N. Security Council on   Thursday voted to create a United Nations peacekeeping force in   Sudan's Darfur region, despite the Khartoum government's strong   opposition.
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Sudan has agreed to let human rights groups visit refugee camps in the troubled Darfur region. UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw made the announcement after meeting officials in Sudan&#39;s capital Khartoum.