New York — United Nations Security Council members emerged from a lengthy meeting on Chad, the Central African Republic (CAR) and Darfur on Wednesday, agreeing by consensus to send a new technical assessment mission to Chad and CAR "as quickly as possible" according to current Council president, Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin.
"They are going to look into the possibility of deploying a UN peace mission," said Churkin, who declined to give details about a future peacekeeping force. "We should keep working deliberately and consistently in this direction this is the aim of the Security Council."
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