U.N. chief in Darfur urges political progress
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EL FASHER, Sudan  - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the Darfur region of western Sudan on Wednesday, promising to step up pressure for a political solution to the conflict.
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The U.N. human rights chief on Wednesday urged the Security Council to immediately refer abuses in Darfur to the International Criminal Court, while Kofi Annan called for "urgent action" to end the violence in the vast region in western Sudan.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Wednesday that Sudan's government has not stopped attacks on "terrorized and traumatized" civilians in its Darfur region and urged the speedy deployment of an expanded international peacekeeping force.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban  Ki-moon flies to Sudan on Monday to push for talks between the  government and rebels to end the four-year-old crisis in Darfur  and clear the way for a big peacekeeping force.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw urged Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir to heed growing international calls for swift action on the crisis in the war-torn region of Darfur as a United Nations deadline for Khartoum to comply or face sanctions approaches.
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Kofi Annan says the UN needs to reassess its approach in Sudan's Darfur region saying current policies don't work.
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United Nations chief Kofi Annan on Tuesday demanded that the world body's human rights watchdog, meeting in special session on Sudan's Darfur, send a clear message that the "nightmare" of violence had to stop.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Sudanese on Monday to seize the "historic opportunity" of a new peacekeeping force in Darfur to start a conclusive round of peace talks to end the conflict.
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon was in the strife-torn Sudanese region of Darfur on Wednesday, admitting the international community has not done enough to end four years of war and human suffering.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan called on the UN Security Council Wednesday to urgently reassess its efforts to end nearly two-years of conflict and bloodshed in Sudan&#39;s western Darfur region, saying the current approach isn&#39;t working.
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The United Nations says it is concerned by Sudan&#39;s lack of progress in bringing security to Darfur, where more than a million people have fled their homes for fear of militia attack.
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EL FASHER, Sudan  - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in the Darfur region of western Sudan on Wednesday, promising to step up pressure for a political solution to the festering conflict.
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THE UN special envoy to Sudan said yesterday that Khartoum had made &quot;hardly any progress&quot; in responding to Security Council demands on Darfur.
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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 said on Tuesday he aimed to lay the foundations of lasting peace in violence-racked Darfur during a tour he will make next week of Sudan, Chad and Libya.
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The Sudanese government is trying to meet U.N. demands to end the conflict in Darfur that has killed up to 50,000 people but needs to do more, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Tuesday.
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Somalia's prime minister urged the U.N. Security Council on Thursday to send peacekeepers to his country, but council members told him they wanted to see political progress toward peace first.