U.S., Britain seek quick vote on U.N. force for Sudan
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Britain and the United States  called for a vote on Thursday on a U.N. resolution to allow the  United Nations to begin assembling a peacekeeping force for  Sudan's Darfur region, despite opposition from the government  in Khartoum.
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UNITED NATIONS : The UN Security Council was to discuss a new US draft resolution aimed at tightening the pressure on Sudan over the crisis in Darfur, including possible sanctions on its oil sector.
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The United States called an emergency U.N. Security Council session on Thursday, after Sudan sent a letter warning nations considering troops for Darfur that their action was a "prelude to an invasion."
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The United States demanded an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Thursday over a letter in which Sudan's government said it would view any troop commitments to a future force in Darfur as a "hostile act" and a "prelude to an invasion."
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The United States proposed on  Monday a draft U.N. Security Council resolution on a  peacekeeping force in southern Sudan and sanctions in Darfur.  Following are highlights of the eight-page measure that may be  voted on within two weeks.
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LONDON  - A majority of United Nations Security Council members opposes immediate heavy sanctions on Sudan if it fails to quell ethnic violence in the Darfur region by the end of the month, Britain's Foreign Office said Friday.
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Facing demands for quick action from the United States and UN human rights experts, Sudan&#39;s foreign minister pledged to allow
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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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A U.N. Security Council vote on whether to threaten sanctions against Sudan hinged on China and other opponents who fear that the specter of punishment could ruin efforts to end a crisis that has killed more than 50,000 and spawned 1.2 million refugees.
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UNITED NATIONS/KHARTOUM, Sudan  - The United  States piled pressure on Sudan Wednesday to accept a more  powerful monitoring force in Darfur with a new U.N. draft  resolution threatening sanctions on its oil industry.
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The United Nations secretary-general has urged the Security Council to take immediate action over a US draft resolution on Sudan&#39;s Darfur region.
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The United States is focusing on the Arab world for help in pressing Sudan to accept U.N. peacekeepers in Darfur to stop the violence and provide humanitarian relief. But Arab countries are more likely to support Sudan's rejection of such a deployment, analysts say.
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The United States demanded on Thursday that the U.N. Security Council respond to Sudan's warning that any nation pledging U.N. troops for Darfur was committing a "hostile act" and a "prelude to an invasion."
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The United States and Britain introduced a draft U.N. Security Council resolution Wednesday that would give the United Nations authority over peacekeepers in Darfur as soon as Sudan's government gives its consent &#151; which it has so far refused to do.
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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.
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The United States and Denmark sought   on Friday to increase world pressure on Sudan to accept U.N.   peacekeepers in war-torn Darfur, warning that time was running   out as Khartoum launched a new offensive there.
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The United States on Monday  circulated a draft U.N. resolution that would send as many as  10,000 peacekeepers to southern Sudan but dodges the question  of where to try perpetrators of atrocities in Darfur.