Starting from Jan. 1 next year, the United States will transfer the camps, communications and other assets it has been operating and maintaining since 2004 to the U.N.-AU forces.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush has approved transferring 34 U.S.-operated camps and related assets to the U.N.-AU hybrid forces in Sudan's Darfur region, U.S. National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said Friday.
Starting from Jan. 1 next year, the United States will transfer the camps, communications and other assets it has been operating and maintaining since 2004 to the U.N.-AU forces, Johndroe said.
"Use of existing peacekeeping support infrastructure in Darfur is critical to the mission's ability to quickly deploy and assume responsibility for Darfur peacekeeping," Johndroe said.
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir agreed in June to the deployment of the U.N.-AU hybrid force to replace the 7,000-strong AU force now on the ground in Darfur.
The U.N. Security Council has passed a resolution to deploy AU-U.N. hybrid peacekeeping forces in the Darfur region.
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