UK pushes for travel ban on leaders to curb Darfur killings

Diplomatic Editor Anne Penketh, UK Independent March 1, 2006 reports Britain is pushing for a UN travel ban and assets freeze to be applied to named Sudanese government, militia and rebel leaders in the next 10 to 14 days in the hope of curbing the killings in Darfur, diplomats said. Excerpt:

Although British officials refused to release the names, diplomats said they had taken pains to draw up a "balanced" list of up to eight leaders from both sides in the three-year conflict.

They denied that the names were taken from a list of 17 people already circulating in New York, which includes the Sudanese Interior Minister, the Defence Minister, the director of national intelligence and a commander of the rebel SLA.