News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

20 August 2009 - The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) yesterday convened a Round Table meeting of the Parties and Partners of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) on the implementation of the DPA chaired by UNAMID Joint Special representative (JSR), Mr. Rodolphe AdadaIn his…

19 August 2009 -- The UNAMID Police today received a boost in its deployment of Formed Police Units (FPU) with the arrival of a 46-person advance party of Jordanian police personnel. The remaining 280 personnel are scheduled to arrive on August 28. Jordan will deploy two FPUs made up of 140…

18 August 2009 -- UNAMID Human Rights and Rule of Law organized a four-day training course on 10 August, for prison officials working in North Darfur state on ‘human rights standards and prison management’. The course was part of UNAMID efforts to provide and strengthen the Government of Sudan…

18 August 2009 -- UNAMID has established a gender crime special investigations unit within the police component that will be responsible for monitoring and reporting on investigations of crimes committed against women and children, and, contribute to bringing justice to the victims. The unit will…

17 August 2009 -- The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) today received the first batch of the remaining Egyptian contingent consisting of 95 personnel. The remaining of the contingent will arrive on 20 and 22 August. The new arrivals are part of the second infantry battalion…

12 August 2009 -- The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) today received a boost in its deployment with the arrival of 200 personnel advance party of the first Tanzanian Battalion in Darfur. The primary responsibilities of the Tanzanian advance party will be to prepare the camp…

11 August 2009 -- The second batch of the advance party of the infantry battalion from Burkina Faso, consisting of 133 personnel, arrived today in Nyala in South Darfur to join the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). The advance party will be joining the 134 personnel…

5 August 2009 -- As UNAMID continues to move towards its goal of 97 per cent deployment by the end of this year, another infantry battalion has arrived in Darfur. The first batch of the advance party of the Ethiopian Infantry Battalion comprising 151 personnel arrived today and a further 151 will…

4 August 2009 -- An initial batch of troops of the first ever Burkina Faso infantry battalion in the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), consisting of 134 soldiers, arrived today in Nyala, South Darfur to join the Mission. A further 133 personnel are scheduled to arrive in Nyala…

30 July 2009 -- As part of his farewell visits to UNAMID troops, Force Commander, General Martin Luther Agwai, yesterday visited the Egyptian battalion deployed in Umm Kadada, North Darfur, more than 100 kilometres east of El Fasher. He was received by the Commander of the battalion who briefed him…

31 July 2009 -- The United Nations Security Council by resolution 1881 (2009) has extended the mandate of the AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) for another year until 31 July 2010. The Council welcomed the improvement in the Government of Sudan's cooperation with UNAMID and commended the work of the…

30 July 2009 -- The Security Council agreed today to extend the work of the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping operation in Darfur by another year and called for the UN to set out a plan so it can measure whether the mission is making progress towards achieving its mandate.Council…