The UN Security Council voted on Friday for a US-drafted resolution that threatens to impose sanctions on Sudan in 30 days if it does not disarm and prosecute marauding militia in Darfur. The 13-0 vote, with abstentions from China and Pakistan, came after the United States deleted the word "sanctions" and substituted a reference to a section of the UN Charter permitting punitive measures to gain more support. The Article 41 provision allows the "interruption" of economic, transport, communications or diplomatic measures, which amounts to sanctions. The measure, co-sponsored by Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Chile and Romania, demands that Khartoum disarm and prosecute within 30 days militia known as Janjaweed or the Security Council will consider punitive measures. **Chinese reservation*** But China's deputy UN ambassador, Zhang Yishan, said this was still too harsh and was "not helpful in resolving the situation in Darfur and may further complicate the situation." Unconfirmed report says at least 30,000 civilians have been killed and thousands have been raped in Sudan's western region of Darfur. Some 1 million villagers have been driven into barren camps and 2 million need food and medicine in what the United Nations calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Sudan had signed an agreement with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan that pledges to disarm the militia allow humanitarian access and take other measures in its western region of Darfur, the size of France. **PHOTO CAPTION*** Sudan's Foreign Minister Mustafa Ismail hailed the weaker wording in a new draft resolution on the Darfur crisis before the UN Security Council and expressed confidence it would be adopted. (AFP)