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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. Jan Eliasson and Salim Ahmed Salim held talks in the…

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. “The transfer opened a new and profoundly challenging chapter in the history of United…

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. At full strength, the new mission, authorized by the…

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 western…

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…

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. To deploy the force as soon as possible,…

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. He strongly condemns the attack on 29 December 2007 by JEM on Government positions in Silea, north of El Geneina, as…

31 December 2007 -- The African Union Mission Transfers Authority to the International Force in a Historic Ceremony in El Fasher El Fasher/N. Darfur, 31 December 2007 - The Joint United Nations / African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has formally taken over from the African Union Mission in the…

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…

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…

7 January 2008 -- The AU-UN Joint Special Representative for Darfur (JSR) and UNAMID Head of Mission, Mr. Rodolphe Adada is following with deep concern the escalating tension between the Sudan and Chad, a matter which could negatively affect a region that is already suffering from continued…

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. Currently…