US: The United States has drafted a new UN resolution threatening oil sanctions against Sudan if Khartoum did not stop abuses in Darfur and accept an expanded African Union monitoring force with more powers.
The Security Council measure also sets out steps Sudan must take, including submitting names of Janjaweed militiamen disarmed and arrested for abuses.
The resolution does not give a deadline for Sudan's compliance, although diplomats said this might be added during negotiations with council members. It says Secretary-General Mr Kofi Annan should report back in 30 days.
The new resolution again threatens punitive measures "including with regard to the petroleum sector" or against individual members of the government in the event of non-compliance "or failure to co-operate with the African Union mission on the extension of its monitoring presence in Darfur."
Sudan is now producing about 320,000 barrels per day from its southern oil fields, and from September 15th an extra 12,000 bpd will reach the refinery in Khartoum. It exports oil to China and Pakistan, Security Council members who oppose sanctions.
The resolution also requests Mr Annan to set up an international commission of inquiry to investigate all human rights violations in Darfur and "to determine whether acts of genocide have occurred, and to identify the perpetrators."
US Secretary of State Mr Colin Powell may answer questions about whether the violence in western Sudan constitutes genocide during a Senate hearing today.