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Africa: Horn |
Japan decides against landmark Sudan peacekeeping deployment |
2005-04-07 |
![]() The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper said on its website that Japan would instead send civilians such as diplomats to help the 10,000-strong Sudan peacekeeping force, which was approved by the UN Security Council on March 24. The reports quoted unspecified government sources. There was no immediate official comment. Japan had studied whether to send troops who would disarm combatants as part of the ceasefire ending Sudan's bloody 21-year north-south civil war, in a much riskier operation than Tokyo's previous peacekeeping missions. UN Undersecretary General Jean-Marie Guehenno, who is in charge of peacekeeping, on a visit here in early March encouraged Japan to be part of the Sudan mission, making clear Tokyo could participate by sending civilians. |
Posted by:Steve White |