U.N. upbeat on Darfur troop deal, some diplomats wary
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The United Nations is optimistic Sudan will stick to an accord on a U.N.-African Union force for troubled Darfur, a U.N. spokeswoman said on Wednesday, but some diplomats feared Khartoum had set conditions.
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The UN Security Council met Friday to endorse a report on a planned UN-African Union joint peacekeeping operation in Darfur which calls for deploying a robust, mobile force of around 20,000 troops with Khartoum&#39;s consent.
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Sudan blunted U.S. pressure to accept  U.N. troops in Darfur, sidelining Washington's top diplomat on  Africa on Monday ahead of a critical U.N. Security Council  debate on taming Sudan's violent western region.
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The U.N. Security Council  endorsed 40 pages of plans on Friday for a Darfur peacekeeping  force of more than 23,000 troops and police to protect  civilians and use force to deter violence.
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UN envoy Jan Eliasson said he was hopeful of a rapid reduction in violence in the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur after a series of meetings with government officials and rebel commanders this week.
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The U.N. Security Council endorsed 40 pages of plans on Friday for a Darfur peacekeeping force of more than 23,000 troops and police to protect civilians and use force to deter violence.
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U.N. Security Council members on Sunday said they had assurances from Sudan that command and control of a joint African Union-U.N. force in Darfur would be under the world body.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan Thursday hailed the African Union&#39;s decision to send more troops and police to the Western Sudan.
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The United Nations has welcomed a proposal by Egypt to send 2,500 troops to Darfur as part of a joint UN-African Union force aimed at ending violence in western Sudan, a senior Egyptian diplomat said.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called Sudan's agreement on a large force for Darfur "a milestone," but U.N. envoys acknowledged challenges on command structures and finding enough troops.
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The Security Council on Friday endorsed a report on a planned UN-African Union (AU) joint peacekeeping mission in Darfur that calls on Khartoum to allow a mobile force of up to 23,000 troops and police in the war-torn region.
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The U.N. Security Council on   Thursday voted to create a United Nations peacekeeping force in   Sudan's Darfur region but troops will not be deployed without   consent from the Khartoum government.
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The U.N. Secretary-General said on Sunday he was encouraged by the "credible progress" he felt had been made towards peace in Darfur during an Africa tour, but it was too early to talk of tangible results.
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Darfuris who have waited  almost five years in miserable camps have high expectations for  a joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force due to deploy by  the end of the year.
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Beefed-up peacekeeping force raises hopes as some Darfur rebel leaders agree common platform.
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Sudan has left a 'tiny' window open  for negotiation on accepting U.N. troops in its violent Darfur  region, the top U.N. envoy in Khartoum said on Wednesday.
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The threat of sanctions against Sudan will only be lifted when Khartoum makes good on its pledge to allow United Nations peacekeepers into Darfur, the top US diplomat for Africa said Monday.