by RAY FLEMING
LAST week's UN Security Council Resolution authorising a 20'000-plus peacekeeping force for Darfur was welcome after months of foot-dragging by China which has its own agenda in Sudan. However, it would be unwise to expect rapid results from this resolution. To begin with, peacekeeping can only take place if peace has first been established and that is far from being the case in Darfur. Oxfam said yesterday that the security situation there has deteriorated to such an extent that humanitarian organisations find it very difficult to operate without risking the lives of their staff. Howewever, the UN's readiness to provide a peacekeeping force and Sudan's reluctant acceptance of the need for it mean that there is a point to peace negotiations which had not previously existed.
CAUTION ON DARFUR
05/08/2007 00:00
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