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At an extraordinary meeting, the UN Security Council adopted resolution 1564 which threatens sanctions on the Sudan's vital oil industry. Four countries abstained. When it last met, the AU, led by Alpha Konare, reportedly agreed to "move from non-interference to non-indifference". Initially, we may recall, at its last meeting the AU’s reported first reaction to the crisis was to refrain from describing the massacres as "genocide" or as "racist".