United Nations Security Council Resolution 1769

Category: Genocide

The United States had threatened sanctions against the Sudan in view of its continued human rights abuses and inability to control the actions of the Janjaweed, actions that many believe are sponsored by the Sudanese government- making the government at least guilty of negligence if not conspiracy. On July 31st, 2007 the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1769 which deployed a 26,000 UN/AU (UNAMID) contingent to resolve the Darfur conflict. This force replaced the earlier ineffectual AMIS force deployed to the region. The Resolution was accepted by Darfur after an initial draft which pushed for sanctions against the Sudan- and championed by the United States in the SC- was rejected by the Sudanese government.
UNAMID: Planned to deploy 19,555 military personnel and 3,772 police to the region. As of December 2007, 9,065 uniformed personnel have been deployed to the Sudan; 6,880 of this contingent were military troops. The following nations have pledged to deploy personnel as a part of UNAMID (which was originally envisioned as an all African force)
Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, China, Denmark, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Rwanda, Senegal, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, the UK