News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

15 February 2008 –Senior international police trainers will gather in Ghana next week to coordinate plans to run pre-deployment training for the thousands of United Nations police – the largest-ever UN Police contingent – mandated to serve in the joint peacekeeping mission to Sudan’s troubled Darfur…

14 February 2008 -- The Secretary-General is pleased to announce that the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the United Nations/African Union and the Government of Sudan was signed by Joint Special Representative Adada and Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor on 10 February 2008. The signing…

19 February 2008 -- "The Secretary-General is extremely concerned by the renewed violence in West Darfur, and notes in particular that the bombing on 18-19 February of Aro Sharow, a camp for internally displaced persons which was deserted during hostilities over the last several days, is…

20 February 2008 -- “The Secretary-General, in a report to the Security Council on the deployment of the African Union-United Nations hybrid operations in Darfur, known as UNAMID, says that the situation in West Darfur has deteriorated sharply over the past two months,” said Marie Okabe, the UN…

22 February 2007 -- Recent attacks by government forces and armed militia on the Western Darfur villages of Abu Suruj, Sirba and Silia are leaving a trail of destruction, displacement and civilian casualties. In Jebel Moon, North of El Geneina there is still no reliable count for civilian casualties…

24 February 2008 -- "UNAMID has received reports this morning of aerial bombings in the Jebel Muun area of Western Darfur. We are gravely concerned for the safety of thousands of civilians who are in this area," said a statement issued by UNAMID Joint Special Representative, Rodolphe Adada and UN…

26 February 2008 – UNAMID Joint Special Representative, Mr. Rodolphe Adada, today visited the town of Silea in Western Darfur to personally assess the situation on the ground following recent attacks in the area. He met with the affected community and explored ways to speed assistance to the region…

27 February 2008 -- UNAMID’s Formed Police Unit (FPU) from Bangladesh has conducted its first long distance patrol aimed at testing their operational capacity and enhancing the visibility of the UNPolice in the area. The patrol, which covered approximately 200 kms, started from their base in Nyala…

15 February 2008 -- With 135,000 internally displaced persons, the city of Gereda in South Darfur houses the highest number of IDPs in Darfur – a region in which some 2.5 million are displaced. After reports of a steady influx of IDPs in the locality, a United Nations team visited the area to assess…

3 March 2008 -- In an effort to strengthen cooperation and trust between the UN and the local police and population in Darfur, the UN Police working for UNAMID conducted the first confidence-building patrol in areas controlled by the Mini Minawi faction of the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) in North…

1 March 2008 -- The Darfur Ceasefire commission (CFC) held its first meeting in 2008 with the absence of one major party. On 29 February, representatives from the Government of Sudan (GoS) and rebel movements came together for the first time this year to discuss issues related to ceasefire in Darfur…

6 March 2008 -- "The Secretary-General welcomes the initiative to establish a group of “Friends of UNAMID” which will focus on supporting the deployment of the AU-UN peacekeeping operation in Darfur. The first meeting of the group was convened by the United States and Canada on 6 March 2008 in New…