Danforth dismissed the possibility that the resolution may have been too diluted.
"We wouldn't do that," he said. "We would not create something that looked as though this is almost encouraging the government of Sudan. ...We're going to make it clear that, first of all, the government of Sudan is not in compliance with previous resolutions."
Other council members voiced concern over the new draft, including Pakistan and Algeria.
"We were happy with the fact that some of our suggestion were taken onboard," Munir Akram, Pakistan's UN ambassador, said after Thursday's council discussion. "But the major problems are still there."
"The major problems are with the sanctions issue. We have said that we don't think that sort of pressure is justified or necessary, and could be counterproductive," Akram said.
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