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The United Nations Secretary-General's Message to inauguration of Darfur Regional Authority El Fasher, 8 February 2012 Delivered by Mr. Ibrahim Gambari, Joint Special Representative for the African Union and the United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur The Secretary-General warmly welcomes the…

African Union Chairperson’s statement on the inauguration of the Darfur Regional Authority (DRA). Message delivered by the Head of UNAMID, Ibrahim Gambari, in El Fasher on 8 February 2012. Today’s event of the inauguration of the DRA is yet another important milestone of the Darfur peace process…

03 February, 2012 – The Head of the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Joint Special Representative Ibrahim Gambari, received today Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov at UNAMID’s Headquarters in El Fasher, Darfur. The visit of the Deputy Foreign Minister took…

El Fasher, 30 January 2012 - Reviewing UNAMID’s activities in the area of justice and security, and discussing the implementation of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD), were among the priorities of the UN Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations for…

El Fasher, 25 January 2012 – Listening to the concerns of local stakeholders across Darfur and engaging them in the peace process was the focus of African Union – United Nations Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari over the past week. The JSR, who travelled to localities in North…

El Daein, 21 January 2012 – An African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) patrol was ambushed today by unidentified armed persons in East Darfur. As a result, one peacekeeper was killed and three others wounded. The patrol was attacked at approximately 12:15 while en route from El Daein…

El Fasher, 30 December 2011--On the occasion of the New Year, which coincides with Sudan’s Independence Day, and on behalf of the African Union and United Nations, I would like to extend my sincere wishes to the people of Darfur and the Government of Sudan for a happy and peaceful new year. Before…

Khartoum, 18 December 2011- 1.The DDPD Joint Commission held its inaugural meeting on 18 December 2011 in Khartoum. The meeting was chaired by the African Union-United Nations Joint Special Representative Professor Ibrahim Gambari, and was attended by the signatories to the DDPD (Government of Sudan…

Khartoum, 18 December 2011 – Efforts to achieve lasting peace in Darfur took a step forward with the inaugural meeting today of the Joint Commission (JC), a key institution that will ensure the effective implementation of the Permanent Ceasefire and Final Security Arrangements provisions of the Doha…

El Fasher, 30 November 2011 - United Nations Under-Secretary-General (USG) for Field Support, Susana Malcorra, today visited UNAMID’s headquarters in El Fasher, North Darfur, to meet with the Mission leadership and assess the situation on the ground ahead of a review of uniformed personnel due to…

Addis Ababa, 29 November 2011 – The Darfur region of Sudan currently faces an important moment of transition and the African Union along with the international community need to act decisively and collectively to consolidate the political and humanitarian gains made recently as well as encourage…

Moscow (Russia), 24 November 2011 - At the invitation of the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Mr. Sergey Lavrov, UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR) /Joint Chief Mediator (JCM) a.i., Professor Ibrahim Gambari, met today with the Minister and the Russian Special Presidential Envoy…