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UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Security Council members expressed frustration and skepticism Tuesday at Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir's failure to give a green light to a joint United Nations-African Union force to help bring peace to conflict-wracked Darfur.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who met the Sudanese leader last month, told reporters after briefing the council on his trip to Africa and Europe that he is still waiting for "a positive and clear agreement" from the Sudanese government to pave the way for deployment of the "hybrid" force.
Unacceptable delays are preventing help from reaching millions of victims, and slow progress is not tolerable, the secretary-general said, according to U.N. spokeswoman Michele Montas.
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