Closure of UNMIS

UNMIS wound up its operations on 9 July 2011 with the completion of the interim period agreed on by the Government of Sudan and Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), signed on 9 January 2005.

The mission ended its six years of mandated operations the same day South Sudan declared independence, following a CPA-provided referendum on 9 January 2011 that voted overwhelmingly in favour of secession.

In support of the new nation, the Security Council established a successor mission to UNMIS – the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) – on 9 July for an initial period of one year, with the intention to renew for further periods as required.

Gunmen kill five UNAMID peacekeepers in Darfur

29 Dec 2009

Gunmen kill five UNAMID peacekeepers in Darfur

Five Rwandan peacekeepers from the joint African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) were killed in two separate attacks by unidentified gunmen in North Darfur on 4 and 5 December.

Two soldiers were killed at the scene of the first attack in Saraf Umr, where the peacekeepers were escorting a water tanker, while a third subsequently died from his wounds.

The remaining two Rwandans were killed in a second attack, which occurred near the gate of an internally displaced persons' camp.

The two attacks brought to 22 the number of UNAMID armed personnel killed in hostile confrontation since the mission deployed in January 2008.

Deploring the attack, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the Government of Sudan to ensure that the perpetrators were swiftly identified and brought to justice.