United Nations ? The U.N. Security Council passed a resolution Thursday that would give the United Nations authority over peacekeepers in Darfur as soon as Sudan’s government gives its consent – which it has so far refused to do.

The resolution is meant to give more power and funding to a force, now run by the African Union, that has been unable to stop the humanitarian catastrophe in Darfur. The violence has killed more than 200,000 people and continues to worsen.

Yet the council cannot take any significant action on the resolution until Sudan reverses its opposition to a U.N. force. Dimming the prospects for the resolution to actually go into effect, Sudan President Omar Al-Bashir rejected it, the official SUNA news agency said.