U.S. Piles "Pressure" on Sudan with New U.N. Measure
Wednesday, September 8, 2004 at 03:45AM
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UN Measure Threatens Sanctions on Oil Industry -- But With No Date for Compliance
The United States piled pressure on Sudan Wednesday to
accept a more powerful monitoring force in Darfur with a new U.N. draft
resolution threatening sanctions on its oil industry. Sudan has said it
would accept more observers from the 53-nation African Union (AU) to
monitor a cease-fire between the government and rebels in the western
region, but not if the mandate was expanded as a U.N. envoy to Sudan
has proposed.The resolution does not give a date by which Sudan must
comply, although diplomats said this might be added during negotiations
with Security Council members. It says U.N. Secretary-General Kofi
Annan should report back in 30 days. The Security Council threatened on
July 30 to consider imposing unspecified sanctions on Sudan if it
failed to disarm and prosecute the militias, known as Janjaweed. The
resolution threatens punitive measures "including with regard to the
petroleum sector" or against government members in the event of
non-compliance or failure to cooperate with the AU mission on extending
its monitoring presence. Sudan produces about 320,000 barrels per day
(bpd) from its southern oil fields and importers include China and
Pakistan, two Security Council members who oppose sanctions. [more ] and [more ]
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