Security Council Extends Mandate Of UN-AU Force In Darfur

In a photograph made available by Albany Associates, General Martin Luther Agwai (C), Force Commander of the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur, disembarks from a UN helicopter during a visit to North Darfur on July 21, 2008. The Security Council met Thursday to extend the mandate of UN-African Union troops in Darfur.(AFP/HO/File/Stuart Price)

From Yahoo News/AFP:

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - The UN Security Council has renewed the mandate of UN-African Union troops in Darfur, despite an abstention from United States over a call to defer indictment of Sudan's president for genocide.

Fourteen of the council's 15 members voted in favor of Resolution 1828 that extends the mandate of the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur (UNAMID) for one year from Thursday, when it had been set to expire.

Britain's UN Ambassador John Sawers, whose delegation drafted the text, made it clear that there was "unanimous support" among council members for UNAMID and the extension of its mandate.

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More News On Darfur

Security Council extends mandate of UN-AU force in Darfur -- AFP
UN extends Darfur peacekeeping mandate in last-minute vote -- Guardian
UN renews Darfur mission, but U.S. withholds vote -- International Herald Tribune
UN Renews Darfur Peacekeeping Mission -- Voice Of America
FACTBOX - Key excerpts from U.N. council resolution on Darfur -- Reuters
UN forces 'stretched to limits' -- BBC News
UN peacekeepers 'at breaking point' -- Independent
World 'failed to support UN' on Darfur -- ABC News (Australia)
Where's the air support? -- L.A. Times
TIMELINE: Conflict in Sudan's Darfur -- Reuters
Pointless Peacekeeping -- Strategy Page

My Comment: All talk .... very little action on the ground.