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30 July 2009 -- The Security Council agreed today to extend the work of the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping operation in Darfur by another year and called for the UN to set out a plan so it can measure whether…

The UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) is one of 11 UN missions participating in the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign. Led by Community Police officers from the…

23 July 2009 -- UNAMID Police Commissioner, Micheal Fryer, continued his four-day long range patrol in Tawila, about 60 kilometres west of El Fasher. He was accompanied by UNAMID Deputy Force Commander Duma Mdutyana, and by…

21 July 2009 -- As part of its efforts to enhance and develop the physical environment in the Mission area, UNAMID today commenced planting trees at its headquarters in El Fasher. An initial 50 seedlings were planted during…

20 July 2009 -- The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by the increasing violence in West Darfur and along the Chad-Sudan borderThe Secretary-General is disturbed by reports that bombs dropped by Chadian aircraft have…

20 July 2009 -- Tomorrow, UNAMID Police Commissioner, Michael Fryer, will lead UNAMID police and civilian staff members on a four-day long range patrol from El-Fasher to Kabkabiya and back, covering a distance of more than…

17 July 2009 -- Following Sudanese accusation against Chad of conducting air strikes inside its territories namely in the village of Umm Dukhum, a West Darfur town situated on the border between the two countries, the African…

17 July 2009 -- The Secretary-General’s latest report to the Security Council on the deployment of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) is out as a document, the Secretary-General’s spokeswoman…

14 July 2009 -- United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations (USG/DPKO), Mr. Alain Le Roy, today continued his trip in El Geneina, West Darfur, close to Sudan's common border with Chad.Under-Secretary…

13 July 2009 -- Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Alain Le Roy, accompanied by African Union Peace and Security Commissioner, Mr. Ramtane Lamamra, today began a two-day visit to Darfur. They met UNAMID…