21 March 2011 - Two high-level delegations from the Permanent Mission to the UN of the Republic of France and the Dutch Government’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs are today in North Darfur to meet with UNAMID leaders, gain first-hand knowledge of the Mission’s activities and identify areas of assistance.

Representing the French Foreign Ministry and the country’s Permanent Mission to the UN, Mr. Frederic Jung and his team were received by UNAMID Deputy Joint Special Representative Mohamed Yonis and Mission senior officials. They were briefed on UNAMID’s mandate and achievements and discussed the many challenges to its work.

The French delegation meeting the DJSR, Mohamed Yonis, in El Fasher. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran

Ms. Caecilia Wijgers, head of the UN department of the Netherlands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs led a five-person delegation to Mellit, 60km north of El Fasher, where they met with UNAMID peacekeepers and local officials.

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