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Security must improve before displaced in Darfur can return home – UN aid chief

30 November – Darfur’s hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) will only return to their home villages and areas once security conditions improve and basic services are operating, the top United Nations humanitarian official said today after visiting one of the war-wracked Su

01 Dec 2008

Sudanese obstacles threaten Darfur peacekeeping mission, says UN official

27 November – The full and rapid deployment of the hybrid United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) is in jeopardy because of a series of objections and obstacles raised by the Sudanese Government and the lack of offers for crucial force units, a senior United Nations o

01 Dec 2008

Key units arrive in Darfur ahead of deployment of hybrid UN-AU force

26 November – Chinese and Bangladeshi units that will form part of the hybrid United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur (UNAMID) have arrived in the war-torn Sudanese region to help in the transition from the existing AU peace operation (AMIS).

01 Dec 2008

Darfur: UN envoy vows to build momentum in peace process

12 December – The United Nations Special Envoy for the Darfur peace process says UN and African Union mediators will try to speed up the momentum of the talks in the next few weeks so that direct negotiations can take place between the Sudanese Government and the war-wracked region’s many rebel m

01 Dec 2008

UN, Sudan agree on importance of deploying Darfur force

8 December – Representatives of the United Nations and the Government of Sudan today issued a joint statement stressing the importance of deploying the African Union-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and urging international support for this effort.

01 Dec 2008

UN delegation to focus on Darfur deployment at African-European summit

6 December – Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro is heading a United Nations delegation to this weekend’s African Union-European Union summit in Lisbon amid mounting international concern about the obstacles to deploying a hybrid UN-AU peacekeeping force to the war-wracked Darfur region of

01 Dec 2008

Darfur: UN, African Union envoys meet with regional partners to peace process

5 December – The United Nations and African Union Special Envoys for Darfur have met with the regional partners to the peace process in the war-torn Sudanese region to assess the progress so far and try to forge agreement on the way forward.

01 Dec 2008

The Secretary-General’s message to the ceremony for transfer of authority from AMIS to UNAMID.

31 December 2007---Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon noted the transfer of authority from the African Union to the AU-UN Hybrid Mission in Darfur in a statement released today and delivered at a ceremony in El Fasher.

01 Dec 2008

African Union Mission in Sudan to transfer authority on 31 December 2007

28 December 2007-- The African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) will formally take over from the African Union Mission in the Sudan (AMIS) on 31 December 2007 in a ceremony at the new mission’s El Fasher headquarters.

01 Dec 2008

Darfur: UN envoy calls for cessation of hostilities on eve of force deployment

18 December 2007 – A senior United Nations envoy has issued an appeal for all sides to the Darfur conflict to cease their hostilities on the eve of the deployment of a hybrid UN-African Union peacekeeping force (UNAMID) to try to quell the violence and suffering in the war-wracked region of weste

01 Dec 2008

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