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Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to hold talks with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon about the Darfur crisis.Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to hold talks with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon about the Darfur crisis.
The pair are expected to discuss ways of dealing with the situation in the Sudanese region, where 200,000 people have been killed.The pair are expected to discuss ways of dealing with the situation in the Sudanese region, where 200,000 people have been killed.
The private meeting comes a day after Mr Brown and US President George Bush held their first formal talks at Camp David, near Washington.The private meeting comes a day after Mr Brown and US President George Bush held their first formal talks at Camp David, near Washington.
They also debated Darfur and agreed to step up pressure to end the bloodshed.They also debated Darfur and agreed to step up pressure to end the bloodshed.
Ahead of the meeting in New York, Mr Brown urged world leaders to live up to millennium promises to tackle issues ranging from world poverty to the fight against Aids.Ahead of the meeting in New York, Mr Brown urged world leaders to live up to millennium promises to tackle issues ranging from world poverty to the fight against Aids.
But the prime minister is not expected to deliver a public lecture on the subject when he addresses an invited audience at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Tuesday. The prime minister will address an invited audience at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Tuesday.
'Enduring relationship''Enduring relationship'
Instead, said aides, he will focus on trying to find practical ways of meeting the ambitious goals set by world leaders in 2000. Aides said he will focus on trying to find practical ways of meeting the ambitious goals set by world leaders in 2000.
Mr Brown's visit to New York comes at the end of his first trip to the United States since taking over at Number 10 last month.Mr Brown's visit to New York comes at the end of his first trip to the United States since taking over at Number 10 last month.
Every aspect of the visit has been analysed by commentators for a sign of a cooling in relations between Britain and the US.Every aspect of the visit has been analysed by commentators for a sign of a cooling in relations between Britain and the US.
Tony Lloyd, chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party, said he was pleased Mr Brown had gone to Washington.Tony Lloyd, chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party, said he was pleased Mr Brown had gone to Washington.
"Our relationship with the United States is not about one person in 10 Downing Street and one person in the White House, whether it's Tony Blair and George Bush or now Gordon Brown and George Bush," he said."Our relationship with the United States is not about one person in 10 Downing Street and one person in the White House, whether it's Tony Blair and George Bush or now Gordon Brown and George Bush," he said.
"We have an enduring, important relationship with the United States and no British prime minister is going to throw that away.""We have an enduring, important relationship with the United States and no British prime minister is going to throw that away."