The United States wants the Security Council to approve a U.N. peacekeeping force for Sudan’s violent Darfur region where fighting, rape and murder persist, a U.S. official said on Wednesday. “What we hope to accomplish in February is the decision by the U.N. Security Council, which would include the nature of the mission and issues of the size of the mission, implementation,” Deputy Secretary of State
Robert Zoellick told reporters in Washington. Full Story
