"DARFUR"

Joint Mission Chief outlines concept for supporting consolidation of stability as Security Council considers Darfur at 8377th meeting.

The Joint Special Representative of the UN/AU Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), Jeremiah N. Mamabolo, told the Security Council that in accordance to the Mission’s new mandate, it is working with the government of Sudan as well as the UN country team in order to “facilitate collaboration for the duration of the Mission’s transition and eventual exit.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Civilians in Darfur suffering human rights abuses amid ongoing clashes between government, rebel groups, Sanctions Committee Chair tells Security Council at 8366th meeting.

Press Encounter following the side event on the transition from Peacekeeping to Peacebuilding and development in Darfur with Eldirdiri Mohamed Ahmed, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Sudan, Smaїl Chergui, African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security, and Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix.

After a meeting on Darfur, the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean -Pierre Lacroix, told reporters it had been “an important occasion” to express support for “the transition from an international support based on peacekeeping to a form of international support that will be focused on peacebuilding.” UNIFEED

Speaking today at the General Assembly, South Sudanese First Vice President Taban Deng Gai called on the UN family, “including those who are skeptical, to give peace a chance in the Republic of South Sudan by supporting the critical implementation phase of the Peace Agreement.” UNIFEED

Daily Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.