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To: one_less who wrote (4930)	11/17/2006 11:12:03 AM
From: TimF	Respond to of 10087

I doesn't seem likes there is real and clear agreement. On one hand you have "The U.N. Security Council voted in August to replace the AU's 7,000 troops, an underpowered force, with 20,000 U.N. peacekeepers." and "The force could be as large as 27,000, including the existing 7,000-member AU peacekeeping force in Darfur. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said the additional personnel could include as many as 17,000 soldiers and 3,000 police officers." OTOH you have "Shortly after diplomats reached the agreement in Ethiopia, the Sudanese foreign minister in Khartoum raised objections, insisting the accord entailed the provision of only U.N. technical assistance - not peacekeepers." and "There should be no talk about a mixed force. What we are discussing and what is agreed upon, is an African Union force assisted by the United Nations"