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5/16/06
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The AU yesterday urged Sudan to drop its objections to a UN force for Darfur and agreed to transfer its responsibilities to the UN by the end of September. Kofi Annan, writing in the Financial Times, urged that the AU force (AMIS) "must be transformed into a larger and more mobile UN operation, better equipped and with a stronger mandate." A short while ago in New York, the Security Council adopted a US-sponsored resolution to move that process forward. Meanwhile, Eric Reeves asks where the troops for a larger and more mobile force will come from, asserting that "if we listen at all attentively, comments coming from NATO headquarters in Brussels, from Washington, and from officials at the UN in New York are far from encouraging."
Update: Here's the text of Security Council Resolution 1679.
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