U.S. Eases Its Stance on Sudan Resolution (term 'sanctions' dropped)

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-sudan30jul30.story
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U.S. Eases Its Stance on Sudan Resolution
It agrees to drop term 'sanctions' from a U.N. draft on conflict, paving way for U.N. vote today.
By Maggie Farley
Times Staff Writer

July 30, 2004

UNITED NATIONS — The United States on Thursday dropped its insistence on explicitly threatening sanctions against Sudan over atrocities in its Darfur region, paving the way for the Security Council to adopt a resolution today.

Washington overcame opposition to its draft resolution by changing language that eight of the council's 15 members found objectionable. The fourth revision drops the term "sanctions," although it maintains an implicit threat of diplomatic and economic penalties if Sudan fails to disarm militias in Darfur within 30 days.

U.S. Ambassador John Danforth said he cared more about "starting the clock ticking" to spur Sudan to take action in the western region, where 30,000 civilians have died, than about the language used to do so.<snip>