Diplomacy and Politics take a long time to translate into REAL solutions!


	Diplomacy and Politics take a long time to translate into REAL solutions!

enchantedgarden

7-31-2007 7:33 PM

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darfur, humanity, united nations, sudan, international politics

enchantedgarden says:

The troop numbers seem low, the timing sadly slow... A sad situation we all hope won't grow!

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					UN backs new Darfur peace force
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				<IMG width="203" vspace="0" hspace="0" height="152" border="0" alt="African Union soldiers in Darfur (file pic)" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44031000/jpg/_44031372_afp_darfur203.jpg" />
				<DIV class="cap">African Union soldiers will be part of the UN force in Darfur</DIV>
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			</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><B>The United Nations Security Council has voted in favour of sending peacekeepers to Sudan's troubled Darfur region.</B>
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<FONT size="2">Up to 26,000 troops and police will make up the world's largest peacekeeping force, under a joint UN and African Union mandate.
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<FONT size="2">The resolution will allow peacekeepers to use force to defend civilians and aid workers in Darfur from any attack.</FONT></P></TD></TR></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6925187.stm">UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon described the mission as "historic and unprecedented".</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6925187.stm"><P><FONT size="2">The resolution was co-sponsored by the UK and France, among others, although its language was toned down after Sudan's UN ambassador described an early draft as "ugly" and "awful".
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			</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Emyr Jones Parry, the British ambassador to the UN, warned that the mere act of voting in favour of a peacekeeping force would not save lives in Darfur.</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6925187.stm">The peacekeeping mission</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6925187.stm">known as Unamid - the United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6925187.stm">cost up to $2 billion</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6925187.stm">a year</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/9FE139E2-920A-4303-AB75-A5133CE6F800/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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