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Darfur: UN envoy holds security talks with local leader after armed attack

17 December 2007 – A senior United Nations envoy has held talks with the provincial leader in North Darfur about security issues concerning the upcoming hybrid UN-African Union peacekeeping mission to the war-wracked region after a recent attack by armed gunmen on members of the existing AU force

01 Dec 2008

Secretary-General urges world to step up support for Darfur peacekeeping force

13 December – Noting that this is a “critical point” regarding the deployment of an African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force in the war-ravaged Darfur region of Sudan, Secretary-General appealed for the world to step up its support for the mission.

01 Dec 2008

UN Secretary-General concerned with resumption of hostilities in Darfur

31 December 2007 -- The Secretary-General is deeply concerned with the resumption of hostilities between the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and Government forces in West Darfur.

01 Dec 2008

UNAMID takes over peacekeeping in Darfur

31 December 2007 -- The African Union Mission Transfers Authority to the International Force in a Historic Ceremony in El Fasher

01 Dec 2008

Security Council authorizes hybrid UN-African Union operation in Darfur

31 July 2007 – The Security Council today approved the creation of a hybrid United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force to quell the violence and instability plaguing the Darfur region of Sudan, where hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and two million others forced to flee their

01 Dec 2008

Outstanding gaps in new UN force in Darfur must be filled – Ban Ki-moon

3 January 2008 – In a race against time, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is appealing to United Nations Member States to speed up delivery of vital units and equipment for the newly launched but critically under-strength joint UN-African Union force (UNAMID) set up to stem the violence in Sudan’s D

01 Dec 2008

JSR Adada concerned over escalating tension between Sudan and Chad

7 January 2008 -- The AU-UN Joint Special Representative for Darfur (JSR) and UNAMID Head of Mission, Mr.

01 Dec 2008

UNAMID must reach full deployment as soon as possible, says Secretary-General Ban

7 January 2008 -- The current troop level of the new African Union-United Nations hybrid peacekeeping force seeking to end the violence in the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur is inadequate, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, appealing for resources to allow for full deployment.

01 Dec 2008

UNAMID Convoy Ambushed in West Darfur

8 January, 2008 -- A UNAMID Supplies convoy was attacked last night, 7 January 2008, at approximately 2200 Hrs, on its way from Umm Baru to Tine in Western Darfur.

01 Dec 2008

Sudanese army elements attack UN convoy; Ban Ki-moon protests

8 January 2008 – Elements of the Sudanese army attacked a supply convoy of the new joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur region last night, and a civilian Sudanese driver suffered seven gunshot wo

01 Dec 2008

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