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The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Central African Republic and Chad, Mr. Victor Angelo, left Chad on Friday, 26 March 2010. He leaves MINURCAT at a time when the United Nations is having discussions…

25 March 2010 - The AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) yesterday paid tribute to 615 Egyptian and Chinese peacekeepers, deployed in Nyala, South Darfur, in recognition of their commitment to the achievement of security and…

25 March 2010 - The AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) yesterday paid tribute to 615 Egyptian and Chinese peacekeepers, deployed in Nyala, South Darfur, in recognition of their commitment to the achievement of security and…

23 March 2010 - UNAMID today joined policy-makers, UN agencies, donors and other stakeholders, including the Sudanese Federal Ministry of the Environment and the State Farmer’s Union, today in El Fasher, North Darfur, to take…

22 March 2010 - As part of UNAMID’s ongoing commitment to provide technical and logistical assistance to the Government of the Sudan’s disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programme, the Mission today delivered…

MINURCAT recently trained another batch of 127 new DIS elements. During the closing ceremony of this training session, MINURCAT also donated 94 new Pick-Up trucks to this force that has been tasked with protecting refugees…

Same, 19 March 2010 - To be a woman in Timor-Leste is a challenge. The opportunities are not the same for everybody, and being female and blind, the difficulties are even greater. Consider the case of Rita da Costa Fernandes…

16 March 2010 - An advance team for the first ever all-female contingent of police officers to UNAMID arrived in Khartoum from Namibia yesterday to begin preparations for their deployment to Darfur.The 17 newly-arrived police…

14 March 2010 - UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari today met with a delegation from the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, led by the Minister for International Development Cooperation, Ms. Gunilla…

15 March 2010 - UNAMID today received a visit from Mr. Chris Hunter, United Kingdom government advisor on African UN peacekeeping missions, and senior political advisors from the British Embassy.Mr. Hunter met with the JSR…