U.N. meets African Union over Darfur peacekeeping mission

U.N. Security Council
ambassadors met African Union officials on Saturday to
discuss Sudan's agreement four days ago to allow up to
19,000 peacekeepers in the war-wracked Darfur region, according to AP.
The ambassadors and African Union officials would like to
see a joint AU-U.N. peacekeeping force as soon as possible,
said Britain's U.N. Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry, without
giving a timeframe.
On Wednesday, Akuei Bona Malwal, the deputy head of
Sudan's diplomatic mission in Ethiopia, said the force
could be in Darfur by October, depending on how quickly the
United Nations and African Union are able to get troops and
funds.
-- SPA