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British envoy threatens UN sanctions resolution over Darfur (AFP)
Filed: March 13th 2007: World

A refugee waits for a medical examination at the Turkish Red Crescent Hospital in the Darfur city of Nyala, February 2007. Britain's UN Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry threatened to introduce a sanctions resolution against Sudan in the Security Council if it reneges on its commitment to joint African Union-UN peacekeeping in Darfur.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)AFP - Britain's UN Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry threatened to introduce a sanctions resolution against Sudan in the Security Council if it reneges on its commitment to joint African Union-UN peacekeeping in Darfur.

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