UN ends political mission in Sudan, where world hasn’t been able to stop bloodshed

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN
Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council has voted to end its political mission of a few hundred people dedicated to ending the civil war in Sudan. Russia abstained from the unanimous vote to end UNITAMS, the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan. The United States’ and United Kingdom’s ambassadors expressed dismay over the decision to pull out from Sudan but said the move was inevitable, given the Sudanese government’s desire to end the mission’s presence.