AU chief for new UN resolution on Darfur
Afp, Accra
A new United Nations resolution is needed to ensure that Sudan accepts the deployment of a long-awaited hybrid force to Darfur, the head of the African Union commission said Sunday. Alpha Oumar Konare said in his opening speech at an AU summit in Ghana that progress had been made since the last heads of state meeting in January when Khartoum's ambitions to assume the presidency of the organisation were effectively scuppered by the continued bloodshed in Darfur. "We have made progress (on Darfur) because Sudan has accepted the hybrid force" of troops from the African Union and the United Nations, he said. "Now we need to implement it, persuade our Sudanese brothers to implement it. What is lacking today is a UN resolution and fresh resources to deploy our troops on the ground."
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