New York, May 17 2011 12:10PM
The Security Council today agreed to extend the mandate of the panel of experts tasked with monitoring the sanctions imposed against those obstructing the peace process in the strife-torn Sudanese region of Darfur.
In a unanimous vote the Council's 15 members agreed to extend the mandate through 19 February 2012.
Established in March 2005, the panel is tasked with monitoring an arms embargo, travel ban and assets freeze, and inform the Council's sanctions committee about individuals who impede the peace process, violate international law or are responsible for offensive military overflights.
An estimated 300,000 people have been killed and 2.7 million others displaced since 2003 owing to fighting between rebels and Government forces and their allied Janjaweed militiamen.
May 17 2011 12:10PM
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