The United States has put forward a draft UN resolution recommending sanctions on Sudan if it does not prosecute those behind atrocities in Darfur. Under the resolution proposed on Thursday, Sudan must bring leaders of the Arab militia, also known as Janjaweed, to justice or face sanctions within 30 days. The resolution does not set out an automatic mechanism that would trigger the sanctions, but does call for an immediate though hard-to-enforce arms embargo in Darfur. The measure also raises the possibility of peacekeepers for the region. US Secretary of State Colin Powell and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan met during the day to discuss the situation in Sudan. Powell and Annan both said that while aid access has improved, there has been little progress in reining in the militias. Air attacks, presumably carried out by the government, are reportedly continuing. Annan said he sensed that the latest US resolution would succeed. "The international community is very serious about this," Annan said. "We will continue to insist that the government performs." "They have been supporting and sustaining some of these Janjaweed elements. This has to end," Powell said, stressing his displeasure with the Sudanese government. More than 10,000 people have died and over a million have been displaced since the conflict began in February 2003 after a rebel uprising against Khartoum. In response, the pro-government militias went on the rampage, carrying out what aid and rights agencies have called a brutal and systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing **PHOTO CAPTION*** U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, right, listen to a question, during a press conference after the two met at the United Nations, Thursday, July 22, 2004, in New York. (AP)