Minister Ahern welcomes Darfur peacekeeping deployment

The Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern is welcoming the deployment of a peacekeeping force to Darfur.

The UN Security Council has authorised more than 20,000 troops and police to be sent to the war-ravaged Sudanese region where more than 200,000 have been killed and more than 1.5m people face a humanitarian disaster after three years of fighting.