Sic' 'em UN...UN talking tough again

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What an organization of strength. What leadership! What a group that accepts responsibility and takes action when the helpless are involved!

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Not yet time' for sanctions against Sudan: UN envoy

OSLO (AFP) - The time has not yet come to impose international sanctions against the government of Sudan, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan (news - web sites)'s envoy Jan Pronk said during a visit to Oslo.

"You should always keep sanctions in mind as a last instrument but it is not yet time to use the last instrument," Pronk told reporters Monday following talks with Norwegian Foreign Minister Jan Petersen.

His comments came almost one week after the expiration of a UN ultimatum to Sudan, in which it gave Khartoum a 30-day deadline to disarm its proxy Arab militia, the Janjaweed, withdraw its regular forces from around the camps of the displaced in the western Darfur region, and ensure free access to the area for aid agencies.

Peace talks in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, between Darfur's rebel groups and the Sudanese government were stalled on Monday over the issue of disarmament, officials from the African Union said.