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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- A new U.S. draft of the U.N. resolution on Sudan eases the threat of sanctions, saying the U.N. would "consider" imposing sanctions for Darfur noncompliance.
The latest proposal Tuesday was distributed to the other 14 members of the U.N. Security Council a week to the day after the original in the latest round was circulated and received a generally icy reception.
"I think it is pretty close to what it was," U.S. Ambassador John Danforth said, downplaying changes in the draft. "We hope to have a vote, I hope, by the end of the week."
The measure last week said if Khartoum failed to comply with council demands for the safety of citizens in conflict-ridden Darfur "it will take further actions." This time around the draft said the council "shall consider taking additional measures." Both held clear references to sanctions and specifically affecting the "petroleum sector" and government officials.
Ambassador Wang Guangya of China Tuesday said he would have vetoed the first proposal because of the sanctions threat, if it had come to a vote.
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