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2A NEWS^e Cliarlotte $oS2 Thursday, September 7, 2006 Darfur peacekeepers sought Continued from page 1A terrified that the same sol diers who expelled them from their homes and villages may now be sent supposedly to protect them,’ she added. "With the looming threat of fresh military action by the Sudanese army, the Security Coimdl must deploy peace keeping ui^ently to protect civilians,” warned Peter Takirambudde, Africa direc tor of Human Rights Watch (HRW. "Adopting a resolution is a crucial first step toward stop ping the bloodshed in Darfur, but member states must also do aU they can to compel Sudan to accept a U.N. force,” he said. So far, however, even the United States, which joined with Britain last week in sub mitting a draft resolution that would authorize a deployment of up to 17,300 troops and another 3,000 police, appears imwiUing to exert serious pressure on Khartoum to accept such a force, which would replace an increasingly ineffective 7,000-strong African Union (AU) peace-monitoring opera tion whose mandate is set to expire at the end of next month. Washington, which has denounced the violence that has been directed by the gov ernment and government- backed Arab militias mainly against Darfur’s African minorities as "genocide”, dis patched its top Afiica ofBcial, assistant secretary of state Jendayi Frazer, to Khartoiun late last week. But Frazer, who noted before setting out from Washii^ton that the seciuity situation in Darfur was "dete riorating very quickly”, was reportedly unable even to secure a meeting with President Omar Hassan al- Bzishir, who has repeatedly rejected appeals that he accept a U.N. force mandated to impose peace on the region. Despite her apparent fail- lore, Washington’s ambas sador at the U.N., John Bolton told reporters Monday that he wanted the pending resolution approved by the Council "in the next couple days’. "The time for talk is over,” he said. "It is time for action. It is time for this Coimcil to uphold its responsibility and pass a resolution immediate- Leaders lauded by group Continued from page 1A The semi-formal celebra tion starts at 7:15 p.m. Tickets are $75 by calling (704) 688-2888. Gantt, Charlotte’s first African American mayor (1983-87), is a pivotal figure on the Carolinsis’ social and civil rights landscape. He was the first black student to enroll at Clemson University in 1963 and twice ran unsuc cessfully for the U.S. Senate. He is active in several com munity organizations, includ ing serving, as co-chair on a task force charged with boost ing Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and leadership devel opment programs vrith the Community Building Initiative. Leadership Charlotte will also honor: • Mary Hopper, president of the Dilworth Community Development Association with the Schley Lyons Circle of Elxcellence Award; • Lowe’s Motor Speedway President Humpy Wheeler with the New Horizon Award; • Charlotte Bobcats Sean May and Matt Carroll with the Newcomer Award; • ENCORE, with the Community Service award. ly authorizing the deploy ment of U.N. forces.” Still, most analysts believe that the Council is unlikely to approve any resolution that would impose such a force on Khartoum without its approval. Sudanese govern ment representatives chose not to attend Monday’s closed-door Security Council session on Darfur. Diplomatically, there does n’t appear to be any -willing ness to put serious pressure on the government of Sudan, other than theoretical pres sure,” according to Colin 'Thomas-Jensen, an analyst at the International Crisis Group (ICG) here. "There’s lots of bluster, especially finm the U.S., but no sense of real action.” Russia and China — both permanent members of the Council — have expressed strong reservations about the draft, although it remains unclear if either woiild veto it if it came to a vote. Qatar, currently the Covmcil’s sole Arab member, has also strongly supported Khartoum’s position. Washington, however, has shown itself increasingly reluctant over the past year to exert strong pressure on Russia and China over the situation in Darfur due to the much higher priority it has attached to gaining their cooperation in its growing confrontation with Iran. 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