U.N approves Sending 26,000 troops to Darfur

[Kritish]

This is the U.N. driving this effort, not the U.S. Settle down.

jag

Who do you think makes up the majority of that peace keeping force?

 

[jaguarr]

Who do you think makes up the majority of that peace keeping force?

I don't know and neither do you because the article doesn't say.

jag

 

[Jack Rabbit]

Who do you think makes up the majority of that peace keeping force?

France?

 

[Addendum]

Who do you think makes up the majority of that peace keeping force?

 

[Kritish]

France?

Cooks don't count as troops.

 

[Badger]

France?

 

[blind_fury]

I'll do you proud, jag.

Nice. It's cool to "jokenly" threaten to kill people but not call them names.

and if Jack Rabbit makes an attempt on my life I'll cut off his lucky foot and his forked tongue.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

Nice. It's cool to "jokenly" threaten to kill people but not call them names.

and if Jack Rabbit makes an attempt on my life I'll cut off his lucky foot and his forked tongue.

Ummmm...excuse me. We are talking about Darfur in here. So if you could please stay on topic.

Anyways back to Darfur...

 

[blind_fury]

He should be easy to spot.

ha ha.

Predictable and lame attack.

 

[blind_fury]

Ummmm...excuse me. We are talking about Darfur in here. So if you could please stay on topic.

Anyways back to Darfur...

I'm responding to other posts in this thread.

If you want to post about how many Americans are in the UN military go right ahead. But if I'm being attacked I'm going to respond.

Deal with it.

 

[Jack Rabbit]

Nice. It's cool to "jokenly" threaten to kill people but not call them names.

and if Jack Rabbit makes an attempt on my life I'll cut off his lucky foot and his forked tongue.

Funny thing is, I'm much more likely to go there.

 

[Badger]

ha ha.

Predictable and lame attack.

:heart:

 

[blind_fury]

U.N. approves sending 26,000 troops to Darfur

Peacekeeping force part of effort to stem violence that has killed 200,000

UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council approved a 26,000-strong peacekeeping force for Darfur on Tuesday to try to help end four years of fighting that has killed more than 200,000 people in the conflict-wracked Sudanese region.
The force — the first joint peacekeeping mission by the African Union and the United Nations — will replace the beleaguered 7,000-strong AU force now on the ground in Darfur no later than Dec. 31. The council urged that the AU-U.N. “hybrid” force achieve “full operational capability and force strength as soon as possible thereafter.”

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called it a “historic and unprecedented resolution” that will send “a clear and powerful signal” of the U.N.’s commitment to help to the people of Darfur and the surrounding region “and close this tragic chapter in Sudan’s history.”

Britain’s U.N. Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry called it “an unprecedented undertaking in scale, complexity and importance.”
African force not successful
The conflict in Darfur began in February 2003 when ethnic African tribes rebelled against what they consider decades of neglect and discrimination by the Arab-dominated government. Sudan’s government is accused of retaliating by unleashing a militia of Arab nomads known as the janjaweed — a charge it denies.
The poorly equipped and underfunded African Union force has been unable to stop the fighting, and neither has the Darfur Peace Agreement, signed a year ago by the government and one rebel group. Other rebel factions called the deal insufficient, and fighting has continued.
The U.N. and Western governments have pressed Sudan since November to accept a U.N. plan for a joint force. After stalling for months, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir agreed in April to a “heavy support package” to strengthen the AU force, including 3,000 U.N. troops, police and civilian personnel along with aircraft and other equipment.

The resolution lays the groundwork for the deployment of the much larger 26,000-strong hybrid force, which will be called UNAMID. The force will have up to 19,555 military personnel, including 360 military observers and liaison officers, a civilian component including up to 3,772 international police, and 19 special police units with up to 2,660 officers.
'The necessary action'
Sudan’s U.N. ambassador, Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem Mohamad, reacted harshly to earlier versions of the resolution, calling one circulated last week “ugly” and “awful.” Britain and France, the key sponsors of the resolution, stripped harsh language in an attempt to win approval.
The final draft has one section under Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter, which deals with threats to peace and security and can be militarily enforced.
It authorizes UNAMID to take “the necessary action” to protect and ensure freedom of movement for its own personnel and

It also authorizes the hybrid force to take action to “support early and effective implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement, and prevent the disruption of its implementation and armed attacks, and thus to protect civilians, without prejudice to the responsibility of the government of Sudan.”
But the final resolution dropped Chapter 7 authorization to monitor the presence of arms in Darfur in violation of U.N. resolutions and the peace agreement, which Sudan strongly objected to.

source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20056711/

extremely good news.

better late than never. still sad that it took 5 years to do this and a couple months to invade Iraq. But whatever.

 

[blind_fury]

Funny thing is, I'm much more likely to go there.

Go where? To Darfur?

Well I hope for your safety even though you said you'd kill me.

 

[Jack Rabbit]

Go where? To Darfur?

Well I hope for your safety even though you said you'd kill me.

blind_fury: A Pillar of the World Community, Martyr for all of Mankind

Yes, to Darfur.

 

[Kritish]

A quick reference for people who are pro world police...

Kosovo: Revealed how big of a **** up Clinton was...complete disaster
Somalia: Another disaster

The troops we're losing in Iraq must not be enough.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

I'm responding to other posts in this thread.

If you want to post about how many Americans are in the UN military go right ahead. But if I'm being attacked I'm going to respond.

Deal with it.

So, in other words. Darfur is less important than your ego. Gotcha.

 

[Mr Sparkle]

this just in.
fire department approves use of bucket of water on year-long forest fire.


yay!!!!

 

[ShadowBoxing]

A quick reference for people who are pro world police...

Kosovo: Revealed how big of a **** up Clinton was...complete disaster
Somalia: Another disaster

The troops we're losing in Iraq must not be enough.

Yeah I'm not really sure Darfur is our problem. Not at the moment at least. We have far to many responsibilities and erm...messes to clean up at home and abroad that deal with us directly to be putting manpower into helping an otherwise unrelated country.

 

[Jack Rabbit]

It's kind of a damned if you do, damned if you don't...

We go, and it's just another instance of the U.S. meddling in other country's affairs. We don't, and we're not using our resources and giving the nations the help they need.

 

[Kritish]

Yeah I'm not really sure Darfur is our problem. Not at the moment at least. We have far to many responsibilities and erm...messes to clean up at home and abroad that deal with us directly to be putting manpower into helping an otherwise unrelated country.

Exactly, since when was it our job to deal with this ****? We've got troops still getting killed in Iraq and Washington tearing itself apart. Like we need more problems.

 

[bored]

A quick reference for people who are pro world police...

Kosovo: Revealed how big of a **** up Clinton was...complete disaster
Somalia: Another disaster

The troops we're losing in Iraq must not be enough.

*groans* NOT a US military operation! This is one that has been pushed by members of the international community. Say we'll throw in a lot of soldiers all you like, but it's still not a US operation. GET. OVER. IT.

 

[Kritish]

It's kind of a damned if you do, damned if you don't...

We go, and it's just another instance of the U.S. meddling in other country's affairs. We don't, and we're not using our resources and giving the nations the help they need.

Damned if we don't? I just don't see Darfur being much of a problem to us...sorry to promote selfishness here but it's true.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

It's kind of a damned if you do, damned if you don't...

We go, and it's just another instance of the U.S. meddling in other country's affairs. We don't, and we're not using our resources and giving the nations the help they need.

Makes me wish for the good ole' isolationist days.

 

[Kritish]

*groans* NOT a US military operation! This is one that has been pushed by members of the international community. Say we'll throw in a lot of soldiers all you like, but it's still not a US operation. GET. OVER. IT.

The United States has a tendency of being the U.N. lackey. Again, look at Somalia...