18 August 2011 - At the invitation of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Jean Ping, UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari visited Addis Ababa for consultations on 16 and 17 August 2011. During their meeting, the JSR briefed his host on recent developments on Darfur, including on-going plans to support implementation of the Government of Sudan and Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) Agreement, continued engagement with other stakeholders and status of plans for the Darfur Political Process (DPP) implementation.

JSR Gambari also had an extensive exchange of views with the Commissioner for Peace and Security at the AUC, Ramtane Lamamra. They agreed that a workshop of the African Union (AU), United Nations (UN) and UNAMID should be convened urgently - at working level of senior officials - to outline a strategy for the next steps on both the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur and the DPP in order to enhance coordination and synergy between the AU and UN on these matters. The workshop participants will also engage with all relevant stakeholders including the Government of Sudan and LJM, other movements and Darfuri stakeholders, as well as international partners, on the development of a revised road map for the Darfur political process in light of recent developments.

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