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 UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The international community should consider all options — including military intervention — as it mulls how to deal with Sudan's rejection of a U.N. peacekeeping force for war-ravaged Darfur, a top British official said Monday.
Also Monday, the United States drafted a Security Council resolution that would prolong a U.N. mission now in southern Sudan and could smooth the way for that force to take control of peacekeeping in the western region of Darfur from African Union forces.
Last month, the Security Council passed a resolution that would give the United Nations peacekeeping force in Sudan's south, known as UNMIS, control over a peacekeeping operation in Darfur now run by the African Union. The AU force has been largely ineffective and understaffed because of a lack of funding, and its mandate expires at the end of this month.
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