Press Releases & Statements

  • The United Nations Country Team (UNCT) and UNAMID met to discuss ways to strengthen mechanisms to protect civilians and support the implementation of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD). Photo by Sojoud Elgarrai, UNAMID.

    21 Feb 2013 - El Fasher, 20 February 2013 – The strengthening of mechanisms in protecting civilians and joint initiatives in supporting the implementation of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) were the focus at a 19 February meeting of the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) and...
  • 20 Feb 2013 - A tripartite meeting aimed at setting a five-year strategic plan for Darfur’s prisons concluded today in El Fasher, North Darfur. The focus of the two-day meeting, between the Government of Sudan, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the African Union – United...
  • 19 Feb 2013 -   As we mark World Day of Social Justice, we see far too many places where there are increasing opportunities for a few and only rising inequality for the many. Growing inequality undermines the international community’s progress in lifting millions out of poverty and...
  • 06 Feb 2013 - A series of workshops on women’s participation in the Darfur Peace Process were organized throughout Darfur by the African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). The forums, which targeted more than 160 local media representatives of which most were women, aimed at...
  • 01 Feb 2013 - The first registration and marking of civilian arms in West Darfur officially began on 30 January 2013. Over the course of the next six months, the Government of Sudan expects to register approximately 30,000 arms. The initiative is designed to curb the proliferation of arms...
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  • On 21 January 2013 in El Fasher, North Darfur, former combatants of the Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) participate in a workshop focusing on the articles of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur. Photo by Sojoud Elgarrai, UNAMID.

    23 Jan 2013 - On 23 January, 22 former combatants of the Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) completed a workshop focusing on the articles of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) and geared toward enhancing the participants’ administrative skills related to the Darfur Regional...
  • 22 Jan 2013 -   The African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) continues to deliver humanitarian assistance to displaced populations in the North Darfur villages of Saraf Omra, Kabkabya, El Sereif and Abu Gamra. Today, 12,000 kilograms of aid were air-lifted to El Sireaf...
  • 21 Jan 2013 - Doha, 21 January 2013 - Amid optimism and determination, peace negotiations between the Government of Sudan and the Justice and Equality Movement Sudan were launched on 20 January  in Doha, under the auspices of Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister, Ahmed Bin Abdullah Al-Mahmoud, and...
  • 20 Jan 2013 -     On 19 January, UNAMID delivers humanitarian aid consisting of plastic tarps, sleeping mats, blankets and water purification equipment to thousands of civilians who were displaced in El Sereif, North Darfur. Photo by Sojoud Elgarrai, UNAMID.    El Fasher,...

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