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Annan sees up to 24,000 UN peacekeepers for Darfur

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan proposed on Monday a large and highly mobile peacekeeping force for Sudan’s Darfur region, numbering up to 24,000 troops and international police officers. The requirements for the force, which would surpass the 17,500-strong U.N. force in the Democratic Republic of Congo as the largest U.N. peacekeeping mission, were outlined in a report to the U.N. Security Council, a copy of which was obtained by Reuters. Full Story