lasting peace with African Union and international support. In an effort to attract U.S. support for the ICC prosecution, the draft said nationals of countries that are not party to the Rome Statute, which created the ICC, would not be subject to investigation or prosecution by the ICC if they are sent to work in Sudan under U.N. programmes. In Washington, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the United States was "seriously considering the French resolution" and was making suggestions that would make it acceptable. "We're going sign on to a resolution that does both accountability and that protects our people from concerns we've had about the court's jurisdiction," he said. France has been pushing for ICC prosecution of Darfur crimes and has the support of at least eight other council members whose countries have ratified the Rome Statute. --More 2349 Local Time 2049 GMT
