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 WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior U.N. official said Thursday the Sudanese government has been able to reject proposed deployment of a U.N. peacekeeping force in Darfur because the U.S. and Britain have not sold the idea to other countries.
Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown credited President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair for their lead roles in highlighting the suffering in Darfur. But he gave them low marks for their efforts to persuade countries to pressure President Omar al-Bashir to accept U.N. peacekeepers.
Speaking to a gathering at the Brookings Institution, Malloch Brown said pressure must be applied to African and Asian nations to convince al-Bashir to change course.
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