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US to appoint special envoy to Sudan

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    US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has announced that President Bill Clinton would "soon" appoint a special envoy to Sudan. The envoy's job would be to "focus on reducing human rights abuses, improving humanitarian responses and revitalising the regional peace effort led by Kenya," a statement from the US Information Agency (USIA) said last week. "This appointment is a clear signal of our heightened commitment to help end Sudan's 16-year war," it said. Meanwhile, Sudan's Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail on Friday said his government would "study" the US decision to appoint an envoy, news agencies reported. "Our evaluation will be based on the principle of dialogue and keenness to normalise ties with the United States and the person proposed to implement the resolution," Reuters quoted him as saying.

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