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 GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. Human Rights Council, under strong pressure to act against atrocities in Darfur, voted Wednesday to send a team of investigators to the war-torn region of western Sudan to report on civilian deaths, rapes, mass flight and destruction of villages.
However, the resolution stopped short of mentioning any role of the Sudanese government or the militias it is accused of supporting in attacks on civilians.
Meeting in an emergency session, the 47-nation council unanimously passed a resolution expressing "concern regarding the seriousness of the human rights and humanitarian situation in Darfur" and calling for a team of five "highly qualified persons" plus the U.N.'s expert on rights in Sudan to look into the atrocities.
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