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‘Door remains open’ for Darfur rebels to join peace process, says UN official

5 November – Darfur’s splintering rebel movements still have time to participate in the peace process aimed at ending the four-year conflict in western Sudan, but they owe it to the people of their region to quickly unify behind a common position, a spokesperson for the United Nations-African Uni

01 Dec 2008

Darfur: UN, AU envoys step up efforts to find common ground among rebels

15 November – The United Nations and African Union Special Envoys tasked with spearheading the peace process in Darfur say they are stepping up efforts to press some of the larger groups of the war-torn region’s splintering rebel movements to find common ground ahead of scheduled direct peace tal

01 Dec 2008

Viability of UN-AU peacekeeping force in Darfur at risk, warns top UN official

14 November – The lack of offers from Member States for key ground transport and aviation units and the Sudanese Government’s unwillingness so far to approve the presence of non-African units means the hybrid United Nations peacekeeping mission planned for the war-torn Darfur region could fail, a

01 Dec 2008

Darfur: UN and AU envoys head to Eritrea for talks with regional partners

13 November – The United Nations and African Union envoys tasked with spearheading the peace process in Darfur are meeting tomorrow with countries in the region to discuss the progress made so far and how to chart a way forward.

01 Dec 2008

Top UN peacekeeping official heads to China to push for greater contribution

16 November – The United Nations peacekeeping chief is heading to China for a regional seminar and meetings with Government officials to encourage the world’s most populous country to contribute more to UN operations.

01 Dec 2008

South African chosen to head police component of hybrid UN-AU force in Darfur

16 November – An assistant police commissioner from South Africa has been appointed to head the police component of the hybrid United Nations-African Union peacekeeping operation (UNAMID) being deployed to the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan early next year.

01 Dec 2008

UN and AU envoys hold more meetings with Darfur rebels to spur peace process

19 November – United Nations and African Union mediators involved in the Darfur peace process are holding meetings today in southern Sudan in a bid to spur some of the war-torn region’s splintering rebel movements to unify their positions ahead of direct negotiations with the Sudanese Government

01 Dec 2008

Sudan to dominate Security Council’s intensive December schedule – President

4 December – The Council would address the issue of Kosovo, after having received the report on negotiations on the future status of the UN-administered province.

01 Dec 2008

Darfur: UN envoy heads to Sudan for talks with all sides to conflict

4 December – The United Nations Special Envoy for Darfur heads to Sudan tomorrow for talks with all sides to the four-year conflict as the UN and the African Union continue their joint mediation efforts to expedite preparations for direct negotiations between the Sudanese Government and rebel mov

01 Dec 2008

Darfur: UN, African Union peace envoys hold talks with regional partners

3 December – The United Nations and African Union Special Envoys for Darfur are meeting tomorrow in Egypt with regional partners to the peace process in the war-torn Sudanese region to assess the progress so far and help forge agreement on the way forward.

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