"SALIM AHMED SALIM"

Using the old adage, "you can bring a horse to water but you can't make them drink," UN Special Envoy for Darfur Jan Eliasson says there is now reason to seriously question whether the parties are ready to sit down at the negotiation table and make the compromises necessary for peace. UNTV / UNMIS

At a press conference today, special envoys on Darfur Jan Eliasson and Salim Ahmad Salim warn of the vital need to prevent an escalation of the conflict in Sudan to avert catastrophic developments. UNTV

United Nations and African Union Special Envoys for Darfur, Jan Eliasson and Salim Ahmed Salim continue their four-day visit to Sudan, meeting with the leader of Justice and Equality Movement, Dr. Khalil Ibrahim. UNMIS

UN and AU Special Envoys for Darfur, Jan Eliasson and Salim Ahmed Salim today meet with commanders of the Sudan Liberation Army- Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) faction in the Jabel Mara area of North Darfur, as they continue their second visit to Sudan in as many weeks. UNMIS

UN Special Envoy to Darfur Jan Eliasson calls on China to exercise its influence on the government of Sudan to bring peace to the war torn region. UNTV/ UNMIS

The Government of Sudan releases seven Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) detainees into the custody UNAMID. The detainees were arrested on 29 December near the African Union Mission in the Sudan (AMIS) headquarters in El-Fasher. UNAMID

UN Special Envoy Jan Eliasson and his AU counterpart Salim Ahmed Salim continue their mission in Darfur to bring all parties in the conflict to the negotiating table. UNAMID

UN and African Union envoys continue discussions with government officials and representatives of the Darfur movements to promote a political settlement to the conflict in the region. UNAMID

UN Special Envoy Jan Eliasson and African Union Special Envoy Salim Ahmed Salim brief the press in Khartoum. UNMIS

Both the United Nations and Africa Union envoys for Darfur have arrived in Sirte, Libya 48 hours to the start of the talks that are meant to find a permanent political solution the crisis in Sudan's western region of Darfur. UNMIS