Sudan (Darfur)
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UNAMID
African Union - United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UN-Mandatiert)
Beginn: 01/08
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South Sudan VP confirms failure to bring Darfur rebel leader to talks (23.09.2007)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune) The Vice-President of the Government of Southern Sudan, Riek Machar Teny, has confirmed that the historical leader of the rebel Sudan Liberation Movement/ Army (SLM/A), Abdelwahid Mohamed al-Nur, has refused to participate in the upcoming peace talks on Darfur scheduled to take place at the end of October in Tripoli, Libya. In a press statement on Friday 21 September … Riek Machar said the SLM leader has presented a number of pre-conditions before he could decide to join the peace process.
Doubts remain over Darfur force (22.09.2007)
(Quelle: BBC) Talks on Darfur at the UN have ended with disagreement over the deployment of peacekeepers in the troubled Sudanese region. Sudan insists that there are more than enough African troops to deploy, but UN and African Union leaders said there were still unresolved technical issues. Correspondents say not all African troops meet UN standards. Meanwhile a senior US official hinted at sanctions for rebel leaders refusing to go to October's Libya peace talks.
Prosecutor demands Sudan arrests (21.09.2007)
(Quelle: BBC) Sudan must arrest two men charged with war crimes in Darfur, the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo, has warned. Warrants for Humanitarian Affairs Minister Ahmed Haroun and Janjaweed leader Ali Muhammad Ali Abd al-Rahman were issued by the ICC in April. Sudan's government has said that it is not bound by the ICC's decisions.
Tanzania to send 1000 peacekeepers to Darfur (21.09.2007)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune) Tanzania will send 1,000 troops to Darfur as part of the African Union and U.N. peacekeeping force, President Jakaya Kikwete said. … However, he said the country would only dispatch the force once the AU and UN completed the necessary logistics to facilitate the move. Initial arrangement was for the joint force to be operational by the first week of next month.
Rebel SLM leader sends road map for peace in Darfur to UN chief (21.09.2007)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune) In a letter addressed yesterday to the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, the influential leader of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) Abdelwahid Mohamed al-Nur presented a road map comprising three goal-driven phases with the ultimate goal of ending the four year conflict in Darfur. The United Nations and African Union (AU) leaders will hold on Friday a high-level meeting on Darfur in New York. The meeting is expected to discuss primarily the preparations for the upcoming peace talks scheduled for 27 October in Libya and the deployment of the UN-AU hybrid operation (UNAMID).
Ban Ki-moon unveils trust fund to back diplomatic efforts to end Darfur conflict (21.09.2007)
(Quelle: UN News) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the creation of a trust fund to support next month’s Darfur peace talks after chairing a high-level meeting in which more than two dozen countries and regional groups pledged their support for the joint road map of the United Nations and African Union to end the conflict in the war-wracked Sudanese region. … He also said he would soon appoint a special negotiator to spearhead efforts to bring the many parties to the talks in Libya, which will be conducted under the auspices of the UN and AU envoys for Darfur, Jan Eliasson and Salim Ahmed Salim.
UN calls for more offers of troops, specialist units for hybrid force in Darfur (20.09.2007)
(Quelle: UN News) The United Nations said today that it has still not received any offers for some essential units of the hybrid peacekeeping force it plans to deploy with the African Union in the war-wracked Sudanese region of Darfur. Following a meeting with potential contributors yesterday, the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) said that there have been no offers so far for the medium utility helicopter units or the medium heavy transportation companies in the force, which will be known as UNAMID.
South Sudan, rebel JEM to conjugate efforts for Darfur peace (19.09.2007)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune) South Sudan government and rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) agreed to coordinate efforts to end the four year crisis in western Sudan. They also convened to boost strategic relations between the southern Sudan ruling party and the Darfur rebel group.
Be prepared for betrayal, UN Darfur force warned (17.09.2007)
(Quelle: The Guardian) The former commander of the failed UN peacekeeping force in Rwanda yesterday warned the newly appointed head of a similar force in Darfur that he faced 'long odds' against success and predicted he would be betrayed by the very officials and governments meant to be backing the mission. In an open letter Roméo Dallaire, now a Canadian senator, advised Martin Agwai, the Nigerian general given the task of stopping the bloodshed in Darfur, to demand a clear chain of command, a broad mandate, proper resources and a rapid deployment. He also cautioned him to watch his back.
'Elders' in landmark Darfur visit (17.09.2007)
(Quelle: BBC) Archbishop Desmond Tutu will lead a delegation of influential elder statesmen to Sudan in the latest initiative to bring peace to Darfur. The 'Elders' will travel to Khartoum at the end of the month to meet representatives from all sides. They will then go to Darfur to talk to local community leaders and some of the displaced people now living in camps.
Brown offers carrot for Darfur mission, threatens stick for Khartoum (17.09.2007)
(Quelle: The Daily Star (Beirut)) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday pledged technical support for United Nations peacekeepers due to go to Sudan's Darfur region, but warned Khartoum of possible further sanctions if it failed to make 'necessary changes.' Brown made the remarks in a BBC interview as human rights groups prepared protests and marches in a 'Global Day for Darfur' in around 30 countries, including Britain.
China to deploy Darfur peacekeepers in October (16.09.2007)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune) A Chinese peacekeeping unit will be deployed in Sudan’s Darfur region in early October, an official with Ministry of National Defence said today. China on Saturday showed off the readiness of its first engineering troops set to go to Sudan’s Darfur region to support a U.N. peacekeeping mission, deflecting criticism of its stance towards the conflict there. In a rare opening of the doors of one of its bases to foreign journalists, the People’s Liberation Army displayed the skills of the 315-strong engineering unit that will start being deployed to the region early next October.
Darfur solution ‘cannot be piecemeal’ – Secretary-General Ban (14.09.2007)
(Quelle: UN News) Only a comprehensive approach that deals with all the issues – from politics and security to economic development and the environment – will solve the Darfur conflict, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today as he detailed his observations from his recent visit to the war-torn Sudanese region. In an opinion column for The Washington Post, published in today’s edition, Mr. Ban said that his week-long trip to Sudan, Chad and Libya confirmed to him that the reality about Darfur is far more complicated than widely understood.
UN Police chief in Sudan says Darfur offers both challenges and experience to police (14.09.2007)
(Quelle: UN News) The challenges faced by peacekeepers in the upcoming joint United Nations-African Union mission to Darfur cannot be underestimated but the opportunity for police officers to gain invaluable mission experience in what will be the largest UN Police contingent ever are also clear, the UN’s top police officer in Sudan has said, as he urged Member States to provide experienced personnel for the operation.
Sudan truce pledge as talks loom (14.09.2007)
(Quelle: BBC) Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has said he is ready to call a ceasefire with rebel groups ahead of peace talks next month over the Darfur region. He was speaking in Rome, where he met the Pope, who voiced his 'heart-felt hope' for the success of the talks. Several ceasefires have previously been agreed but none has ended the violence, in which some 200,000 have died.
Ethiopia to deploy 5000 troops in Darfur (14.09.2007)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune) Ethiopia will deploy five thousand soldiers to a joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur, Sudanese media reported yesterday. Sudanese president Omer al-Bashir and the Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Wednesday discussed the efforts exerted by various parties to work out a political solution for Darfur crisis and its support for the peacekeeping force with 5000 troops.
African Union says alarmed by Darfur fighting (12.09.2007)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune) The African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) said on Tuesday it was deeply concerned about recent fighting between government troops and rebels in south Darfur. AMIS said it had received 'extremely grave reports' about fighting on Monday in the town of Haskanita in Darfur between government forces and rebels that did not sign a 2006 peace deal with Khartoum. 'AMIS is deeply concerned about this fighting and calls for an immediate ceasefire by all parties,' it said in a statement.
Darfur peacekeepers will be deployed in October - AU, UN envoy (11.09.2007)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune) A large and complex peacekeeping operation planned for Darfur will launch on time and could, within mere months, improve the security situation in the wartorn region of western Sudan, the mission’s head said. Rodolphe Adada, chief of the United Nations and African Union joint mission to Darfur, said contributing nations have already committed more than the 26,000 required troops for the force, and he expects the peacekeepers to deploy in October.
Press conference on Darfur by China (11.09.2007)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) Resolving the Darfur issue would not be accomplished by the exertion of pressure, sanctions and military power, Liu Guijin, Special Representative of the Chinese Government on Darfur and African issues told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference today.
China keen to play role in ending Darfur crisis - UN (11.09.2007)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune) China is keen to play a role in ending conflict in Darfur despite criticism from the U.S. and the European Union that it is too close to the Sudanese government, a top U.N. envoy said Monday. Jean-Marie Guehenno, the U.N. undersecretary-general for peacekeeping, said Beijing was playing 'a very important and constructive role in the (U.N.’s) Security Council to help bring a consensus' to end the fighting. '… Both Washington and Brussels have said China has failed to exert pressure on Sudan’s government because it is loath to risk oil and weapons deals it has with Khartoum.
Kenya: peace envoy Moi faces an uphill task in Sudan (10.09.2007)
(Quelle: allAfrica) Retired President Moi started his diplomatic duties in South Sudan last week with the daunting task of averting the collapse of the peace agreement signed in Kenya in 2005.
Khartoum charge un ministre inculpé par la CPI d'enquêter sur les droits de l'homme au Darfour (08.09.2007)
(Quelle: Le Monde) La nomination d'un ministre soudanais visé par un mandat d'arrêt de la Cour pénale internationale (CPI) à la tête d'une commission chargée d'enquêter sur les violations des droits de l'homme au Darfour (ouest du Soudan) est dénoncée comme une provocation par les organisations de défense des droits de l'homme. 'C'est une mauvaise blague', commente pour sa part Luis Moreno Ocampo, procureur de la CPI.
Chad to host preparatory meeting for Darfur rebels (08.09.2007)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune) Chad will host a preparatory rebel meeting before the start of new Darfur peace talks in Libya at the end of October, in a bid to show support to the joint African Union and United Nations efforts to end the four year conflict in western Sudan. President Idriss Deby, speaking to reporters after his talks with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, said he had discussed hosting a preliminary meeting for Darfur rebels to to smooth out obstacles and difficulties prior to the 27 October talks in Tripoli.
Darfur peace talks set for 27 October in Libya (07.09.2007)
(Quelle: Irinnews) Peace talks between the Sudanese government and Darfur rebels on ending over four and a half years of conflict are to start on 27 October in Tripoli, Libya, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said. 'After consultations with the parties, chairperson of the AU [Africa Union] Alpha Konare and I have decided that the negotiations should begin in Libya on Saturday 27 October under the lead of the AU-UN special envoys who will continue to work in close coordination with the countries of the region,' said Ban on 6 September.
China will 300 Soldaten nach Darfur schicken (07.09.2007)
(Quelle: Der Standard (Wien)) China hat angekündigt, kommenden Monat etwa 300 Soldaten in der sudanesischen Krisenregion Darfur zu stationieren. Die Pioniere sollten vor allem Straßen, Brücken und Brunnen für die Friedenstruppe der Vereinten Nationen bauen, sagte der chinesische Darfur-Gesandte Liu Guijin am Donnerstag in Washington. Zudem werde die Volksrepublik mehr als zehn Millionen Dollar für humanitäre Hilfe in der Region spenden.
Ban Ki-moon reports ‘steady progress’ towards deploying hybrid force in Darfur (05.09.2007)
(Quelle: UN News) The United Nations is making “steady progress” towards setting up its landmark hybrid peacekeeping force in Darfur with the African Union (AU), but complex logistical challenges lie ahead and Member States need to provide military contributions before further benchmarks for deployment can be met, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s latest report on the mission says.
Blauhelmsoldaten in Darfur – ein Härtetest für die Uno (05.09.2007)
(Quelle: NZZ) Der Uno-Sicherheitsrat hat die Aufstockung der in Darfur stationierten Friedenstruppe der Afrikanischen Union auf 26 000 Mann beschlossen und deren Führung dem Uno-Departement für friedenserhaltende Missionen unterstellt. Allein, es gibt in Darfur noch keinen Frieden, den die Afrikaner im Auftrag der Uno sichern könnten.
Darfur chaos: new Arab-versus-Arab dimension (04.09.2007)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune) Some of the same Arab tribes accused of massacring civilians in the Darfur region of Sudan are now unleashing their considerable firepower against one another in a battle over the spoils of war that is killing hundreds of people and displacing tens of thousands. In the past several months, the Terjem and the Mahria, heavily armed Arab tribes that United Nations officials said raped and pillaged together as part of the region’s notorious janjaweed militias, have squared off in South Darfur, fighting from pickup trucks and the backs of camels.
UN chief outlines plan for solving Darfur crisis (03.09.2007)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune) Visiting Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon outlined on Monday a three-point plan for solving the conflict in the western Sudanese region of Darfur. The plan sketched by the UN secretary general includes the implementation of an international peacekeeping operation, seeking a political solution through peace negotiations as well as promoting humanitarian aid and development.
Rwanda to send more 800 peacekeepers for Darfur mission (01.09.2007)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune) The Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) have offered yet another battalion of 800 troops for the new hybrid UN-AU peacekeeping mission in the troubled Darfur region of Sudan, reported the Rwandan newspaper The New Times. Rwanda already has close to 2,000 military men and officers in region where about 200,000 people have died and another 2.5m left homeless since 2003. According to the RDF spokesman, Maj Jill Rutaremara, the new contingent will be airlifted for the mission from 15-26 October.