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 UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Britain and the United States said Wednesday they will propose new U.N. sanctions to pressure the Sudanese government and rebels to stop the fighting in Darfur, but Russia, China and South Africa opposed any new measures.
The push for new sanctions was announced after a confidential U.N. report charged that Sudan's government has been flying arms and heavy military equipment into Darfur in violation of Security Council resolutions and is impeding peace efforts by using aircraft with U.N. markings.
President Bush warned that the U.S. will tighten economic sanctions on Sudan and impose new ones on its own if Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir doesn't move quickly to stop bloodshed in Darfur, where African peacekeepers reported 62 more people killed in new fighting.
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