1.  But Sinn Fein has said the proposed force is an unacceptably watered-down version.

2.  Russian and American officials are working to hammer out a non-combat role for Russian troops within a proposed NATO peacekeeping force in the Balkans.

3.  Some African diplomats assessed the proposed force as too little to do the job.

4.  State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns confirmed that intensive negotiations are under way with Canada regarding the composition of the proposed military force.

5.  The proposed U.N. force will have a mandate to protect its own troops and civilians, but not to coercively disarm combatants.

6.  A final statement issued early Tuesday in Khartoum said the composition of the proposed African peacekeeping force would be worked out by a technical committee.

7.  A proposed force to protect lightly armed U.N. peacekeepers would have tanks, heavy guns and attack helicopters to respond to threats, the United Nations said.

8.  About one-third of the proposed force will be American.

9.  About one-third of the proposed force would be American.

10.  African foreign ministers meeting Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, said the United Nations should pay for Africans to join the proposed force.