New York -
The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday met behind closed doors to ponder a revised draft resolution which calls for deploying a robust UN force in Sudan's Darfur region and which co-sponsors hope to put to a vote on Thursday.
The amended US-British draft specifically states that the UN peacekeepers would be deployed "on the basis of the acceptance of the (Sudanese) government)," an effort to overcome Khartoum's strong opposition to the deployment.
The draft text calls for a 17 000-strong UN force to take over from the ill-equipped and under-funded African Union (AU) mission, which has been unable to prevent killings, rape and the internal displacement of civilians in Darfur. Read more >>>
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