22 March 2011 - UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari and other Mission senior officials yesterday met in Kampala with a delegation of the Abdul Wahid faction of the Sudanese Liberation Army. The talks focussed on cooperation and coordination between UNAMID and the armed movements to facilitate the Mission’s core mandate of protecting civilians; opening lines of communication between the parties; and, the establishment of a humanitarian security corridor to eastern Jebel Marra, among with other matters.

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