24 May 2011 - UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari, accompanied by senior Mission officials, met today in Nyala with the Wali (Governor) of South Darfur Abdulhameed Musa Kasha. The visit served as a follow-up to a meeting held in Khartoum last week in which the arrest of UNAMID national staff was raised.  

The JSR pressed for access to the Mission staff member, detained in Nyala last month by Sudanese officials, and also called upon the Government to lift movement restrictions on the delivery of humanitarian assistance in the region.

The talks proved beneficial as UNAMID will visit the staff member tomorrow. The parties will also re-establish a joint technical committee tasked with looking into operational concerns between them. The South Darfur Government and UNAMID will meet again on 30 June.

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