 The United Nations Security Council has voted in favour of creating a UN peace force for Sudan's Darfur region. The resolution passed by the council states that such a force would be deployed only with the consent of the Sudanese government. Khartoum strongly opposes plans for a UN force on its territory. Some 200,000 people have been killed, according to the UN, and more than two million driven from their homes in three years of fighting in Darfur. Twelve council member states voted in favour of the US and UK-sponsored resolution, which authorises sending 17,500 UN troops and 3,000 UN police to Darfur. ...
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