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UN talks on Darfur peacekeeping Doubts remain over Darfur force
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Attempts to speed up the deployment of international peacekeepers to the Sudanese region of Darfur are under way at the United Nations in New York. Talks on Darfur at the UN have ended with disagreement over the deployment of peacekeepers in the troubled Sudanese region.
The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, is co-chairing a meeting of ministers from 26 countries with the chairman of the African Union, Alpha Oumar Konare. Sudan insists that there are more than enough African troops to deploy, but UN and African Union leaders said there were still unresolved technical issues.
They will also discuss increasing humanitarian assistance to Darfur. Correspondents say not all African troops meet UN standards.
The meeting is set to prepare next month's peace talks between the Sudanese government and rebel groups. Meanwhile a senior US official hinted at sanctions for rebel leaders refusing to go to October's Libya peace talks.
Participants include the foreign ministers of Sudan, Congo, Egypt, Gabon, France, Ghana and Rwanda, as well as US, UK and EU officials and Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa. UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon co-chaired the meeting with the chairman of the African Union, Alpha Oumar Konare.
The meeting will discuss ways to ensure the success of crucial talks in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, on 27 October between the Sudanese government and all Darfur rebels. They also discussed increasing humanitarian assistance to Darfur.
The talks in New York also aim to speed up preparations for the deployment of a 26,000-strong joint AU-UN force to take over peacekeeping from nearly 6,000 under-equipped and under-funded AU troops. Sudanese objections
Participants included the foreign ministers of Sudan, Congo, Egypt, Gabon, France, Ghana and Rwanda, as well as US, UK and EU officials and Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa.
More than 26,000 AU and UN troops are due to be deployed to Darfur by early next year in an attempt to bring an end to the four-year conflict.
The Sudanese government agreed to this force on the condition that it would be predominantly African.
But the BBC's Laura Trevelyan at the UN says that although more than enough African countries have agreed to contribute troops, not all of them meet the UN standards.
Attempts to find non-African countries have run into objections from the Sudanese, and to some extent the AU.
The Sudanese Foreign Minister, Lam Akol, told reporters there were enough African troops to do the job.
The meeting was also set to prepare for peace talks on 27 October between the Sudanese government and rebel groups in the Libyan capital Tripoli.
US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said measures could be taken against rebel leaders who refused to attend.