Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Darfur update


France and Britain circulated a new, toned-down draft resolution at the United Nations Security Council Tuesday, authorizing the deployment of international peacekeepers in Sudan's western Darfur region and dropping the threat of sanctions.


The resolution calls for the deployment of a 26,000-strong African Union and UN peacekeeping force.

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