(June 23, 2001, UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – The United States on Thursday proposed a draft UN Security Council resolution to send a 4,200-strong Ethiopian peacekeeping force to the disputed Sudanese territory of Abyei.
But the United States' UN envoy Susan Rice dismissed assertions by the Khartoum government that a provisional peace accord made between the rival north and south Sudan governments had placed Abyei with the north.
Rice said the resolution was sent to other members of the 15 member Security Council on Thursday. She warned while a vote was urgently needed it would probably take several days to organize.
Khartoum government troops occupied Abyei on May 21 and tens of thousands of people have since fled to the south. The Sudanese government and southern Sudan government reached an accord on Monday under which the border territory will be demilitarized.
Rice said the accord was "urgent and fragile" and a council vote would need decisions by several governments, "so while we are moving swiftly I don't think it is realistic to assume that it will happen overnight." Read more »
But the United States' UN envoy Susan Rice dismissed assertions by the Khartoum government that a provisional peace accord made between the rival north and south Sudan governments had placed Abyei with the north.
Rice said the resolution was sent to other members of the 15 member Security Council on Thursday. She warned while a vote was urgently needed it would probably take several days to organize.
Khartoum government troops occupied Abyei on May 21 and tens of thousands of people have since fled to the south. The Sudanese government and southern Sudan government reached an accord on Monday under which the border territory will be demilitarized.
Rice said the accord was "urgent and fragile" and a council vote would need decisions by several governments, "so while we are moving swiftly I don't think it is realistic to assume that it will happen overnight." Read more »
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