Sudan rejects draft resolution on Darfur

Sudan’s ruling party has rejected a US-British draft Security Council resolution to deploy United Nations peacekeepers in Darfur, saying it would violate national sovereignty, official media reported today.

According to Radio Omdurman and the SUNA news agency, the draft was discussed by the National Congress Party’s ruling council and a parliamentary group chaired by President Omar al-Bashir at a meeting last night.