They have been the primary mover behind Security Council resolutions, and they are trying to promote and help the African Union to increase its support.

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Already, tests carried out with a prototype at the Palomar Observatory in California have achieved astrometric resolutions of 100 millionths of an arcsecond, and the improved atmospheric conditions in Hawaii will increase this by a factor of three.

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He spent many frustrating days trying to push for UN Security Council resolutions on Darfur and says there's still a lot of work to be done to increase the number of African Union monitors there.

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