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PRESS BRIEFING TRANSCRIPT - NEAR VERBATIM 13 March 2008 Ali Hamati, Press Officer: Good morning and welcome to this first press briefing of UNAMID, the joint African Union - United Nations missions in Darfur. UNAMID is a new mission – just 74 days old – for one of the world’s most vexing problems…

Transcript: Interview with JSR Rodolphe ADADA by Maha FAYEK, UN Radio 31 December 2007 FAYEK : Mr. Adada, thanks for giving this interview to UN Radio. First of all, what are your feelings as African troops are switching to blue helmets? ADADA : Yes, this has been said in the UN Security Council…

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen It is a great pleasure and a privilege to be among you on this great day for Africans. I thank you for the honour of being chosen to address you this evening on behalf of UNAMID. When I was preparing these remarks earlier today, I couldn’t help thinking that you…

UNAMID Press Statement It has come to the attention of the UN / AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) that an officer serving with the Mission in Nyala, South Darfur state, was detained by local authorities on 13 April 2008 on the grounds of alleged misconduct. The officer was later handed over to UNAMID…

Press Statement No 29 - 27 April 2008 UNAMID Strongly Condemns Recent Killing of a WFP Driver in Darfur El Fasher, 27 April 2008 --- UNAMID is deeply shocked and profoundly disturbed by the cold-blooded murder of Mohammed Makki El Rasheed, a truck driver working for United Nations World Food…

Your Excellencies, esteemed members of the Security Council, honorable guests; On behalf of UNAMID, senior leadership and all staff members, I would like to start by warmly welcoming you all to Sudan and to the Headquarters of UNAMID. I have with me here, among others, my deputies, the Principal…

Press Statement Armed Militia Attack & Attempt to Abduct UNAMID Peacekeepers in West Darfur 18 July 2008, North of Genina / West Darfur: A UNAMID staff member was abducted, stripped of official and personal belongings, and physically assaulted by members of an armed Arab militia, as three of his…

Press Statement UNAMID CONDEMNS AMBUSH OF JOINT MILITARY/POLICE PATROL IN NORTH DARFUR El Fasher, N. Darfur, 9 July 2008 – The Joint AU/UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) joins the Secretary-General of the United Nations in condemning in the strongest terms the attack on its peacekeepers that took place…

El Fasher, 08 March 2012 – Empowering rural women and girls was the focus of this year’s International Women’s Day held today in Darfur’s States, as well in many parts of the world. In El Fasher, North Darfur, hundreds of women, men and children, including internally displaced persons, took part in…

El Fasher, 25 February 2012 – Two peacekeepers of the African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) sustained gunshot wounds near the town of El Dein yesterday after being targeted by an unknown group. The police officers, part of a formed police unit, were on an UNAMID bus when it came…

El Fasher, 21 February 2012 – After a show of force and round-the-clock negotiations, the entire 55-person peacekeeping patrol of the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur, which had been blockaded in northwestern Darfur by armed rebels for nearly two days, was en route to its home base in…

Kuma Garadayt, 15 February 2012 - With the slaying of goats, the people of Kuma Garadyat today expressed their commitment to work with the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur on nine projects intended to trigger the restoration of normality to a string of 12 villages in North Darfur which…