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01/25/2005:

"Africa, Garang wants balance of nations in UN Sudan force"

A U.N. peace force for southern Sudan should include countries without energy ties to the oil-exporting region to balance any nations with such interests, southern leader John Garang said on Sunday.

The region's oil resources were a factor in two decades of civil war which ended earlier this month with a peace deal between Khartoum and the southern rebels.

Speaking after talks with U.N. Sudan envoy Jan Pronk, Garang said more consultations were needed to ensure what he called the neutrality of the proposed peacekeeping force.

Full Article : keralanext.com