I Think He Really Really Means It This Time!!

Please see my previous post in the West's brinkmanship with Khartoum here Tony Blair was said to have, "told Sudanese Vice President Kiir there must be "clear progress" by November 24 when African Union leaders meet to discuss Darfur."

Wed Nov 22, 2006 6:54 PM GMT
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tony Blair told Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Wednesday to implement a U.N.-brokered agreement aimed at ending the Darfur crisis or face a response from the international community.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced...last week that Sudan had agreed in principle to a joint U.N.-African Union force in Darfur, where three years of conflict have killed 200,000 people and driven 2.5 million from their homes.

But Khartoum has objected both to the size of a peacekeeping force and any U.N. sharing of command with African troops.

Before the phone call, Blair told parliament that there was international diplomatic support for "tougher measures" if Khartoum fails to implement the agreement. But he did not specify what such measures might be.
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"I think it is very clear from the work that we've done and from the statements from the United States of America that if the government of Sudan do not seize this opportunity, we will have to look at tougher measures to take against them," he said.

Washington's special envoy to Sudan, Andrew Natsios, said this week the United States and others could resort to an unspecified "plan B" if Khartoum did not make progress on Darfur by January 1.