UNITED NATIONS, Nov 16: As 15 members of the UN Security Council headed for Nairobi (Kenya) on Tuesday to hold a rare council meeting there, disagreement over a draft resolution on references to atrocities in Sudan's western Darfur region remains.
The main purpose of the special meeting out of New York this week is to help seal an agreement ending a separate 21-year-old civil war in southern Sudan, which would change the structure of the Khartoum government and constitution.
China, Russia, Pakistan and Algeria are opposed the strong language in the resolution and they want to keep references to brutalities in Darfur, in the west of Sudan, to a minimum in order to avoid a direct confrontation with the Sudanese government, diplomats said.
Two previous Security Council resolutions have threatened sanctions against Khartoum if violence does not stop in Darfur.
Meanwhile, a force of 3,300 African troops and monitors are making their way into Darfur to serve as a bulwark against abuses but won't take a direct military action.
