The United Nations has called for a quick and ‘substantially’ larger international monitoring force in Sudan's Darfur region, saying that Khartoum had failed to stop attacks against civilians by Arab militia.
In a report to the Security Council, the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said that some progress had been made in curbing the Janjaweed militia.
However, Mr Annan said that the attacks continued and that ‘the vast majority of armed militias has not been disarmed.’
The report did not mention or recommend any sanctions against Khartoum as had been threatened in an earlier UN resolution.
Up to 50,000 people have been killed in Darfur, following a campaign by Arab militias against black Africans, while a million more have been driven from their homes.
