Foreign Minister Peter MacKay is meeting with delegates in Paris on Monday at an international conference aimed at speeding up the deployment of peacekeeping troops in Sudan's troubled Darfur region.
MacKay is to join foreign ministers from 18 other nations, along with the heads of several international organizations, including the United Nations and the Arab League and the World Bank.
The goal is to reach consensus on what needs to be done to resolve the conflict, which has claimed the lives of more than 200,000 people and forced millions to live as refugees since it began in 2003.
The UN and western governments had pressed Sudan for months to accept a plan for a large joint force of 20,000 UN and African Union peacekeepers to replace the overwhelmed 7,000-strong African force now in Darfur.
Sudan initially accepted the hybrid peacekeeping plan in November but then backtracked, before finally agreeing earlier this month.
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MacKay is to join foreign ministers from 18 other nations, along with the heads of several international organizations, including the United Nations and the Arab League and the World Bank.
The goal is to reach consensus on what needs to be done to resolve the conflict, which has claimed the lives of more than 200,000 people and forced millions to live as refugees since it began in 2003.
The UN and western governments had pressed Sudan for months to accept a plan for a large joint force of 20,000 UN and African Union peacekeepers to replace the overwhelmed 7,000-strong African force now in Darfur.
Sudan initially accepted the hybrid peacekeeping plan in November but then backtracked, before finally agreeing earlier this month.
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Has the international community failed Darfur? What should Canada do?
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