At the Arab League summit in Khartoum, Arab leaders should endorse plans to transform promptly the African Union's mission in Darfur into a United Nations protection force, a coalition of international and Arab human rights organizations said today. In addition, Arab officials should encourage their Sudanese counterparts to accept the transition to a U.N. force.
Arab League leaders will meet today in the Sudanese capital for a two-day summit. On the agenda will be the A.U. proposal to turn the A.U. Mission in Sudan (AMIS) into a U.N. operation. Earlier this month, Sudan's government launched a massive diplomatic campaign to thwart the proposed U.N. transition.
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