UN troops to go to Darfur

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UN speeds up Darfur peace mission

The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to speed up preparations for UN peacekeepers to be deployed to Darfur in western Sudan.

The council is calling on UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to come up with a range of options within one month.

The African Union had been planning to keep its peacekeepers in Darfur until September and then hand the operation over to the UN.

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The resolution also extended the mandate of a separate UN peacekeeping mission in southern Sudan, which was due to expire on Friday.

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Some 7,000 African Union peacekeepers are in Darfur, but the under-resourced troops have struggled to end the conflict that has so far left more than 100,000 people dead and millions more in overcrowded camps.

UN officials have said they will not send in troops to Darfur without the approval of the Sudanese government.

About time, too. Full praise to the African Union for all they are doing in this bitter situation.



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[John VN]

It's about time!