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U.N. council renews Darfur peacekeeping mandate

UNITED NATIONS
Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:33pm EDT

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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution on Thursday that renewed the mandate for peacekeepers in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region but drew harsh U.S. criticism for part of the text.

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Washington did not veto the resolution but abstained from the vote, letting it pass after criticizing the British-drafted text for language that alluded to African hopes for a suspension of any indictment of Sudan's president by the International Criminal Court for genocide in Darfur.

(Reporting by Louis Charbonneau; editing by Mohammad Zargham)
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