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 UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council passed a resolution Tuesday pressing Sudan to cooperate with the United Nations as it prepares take over peacekeeping in Darfur from an underfunded African Union force.
The resolution, passed unanimously, also threatens "strong and effective measures" — diplomatic language for sanctions — against anyone who stands in the way of a May 5 peace agreement signed by the Sudanese government and Darfur's main rebel group.
Even as the resolution was approved at the United Nations in New York, the AU and the UN said Tuesday that armed militias have repeatedly broken the cease-fire.
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