The UN Security Council is set to renew a mandate for peacekeepers in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region.
The mandate is in a resolution calling for redoubled efforts to end a 5-year humanitarian disaster.
The 15 council members struck a deal on a revised British draft resolution.
The agreement came after western powers agreed to include wording that echoes African concerns that moves to indict Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes could derail the fragile peace process in the region.
The resolution makes it clear the council is ready to discuss suspending any future International Criminal Court indictment in the interest of peace in Darfur.
Western diplomats have said the resolution extending the mission would likely be adopted unanimously when the council meets.
Meanwhile, the international community has been accused of failing to provide the most basic level of support to the UN-African Union backed peacekeeping mission in Darfur.
The criticism is made in a report published on the first anniversary of the decision to deploy a peacekeeping force in the Sudanese region.
The report, which is backed by 36 human rights groups and non-governmental organisations, says a number of countries have not provided essential equipment, including helicopters.
