UNSG Special Envoy for Darfur Jan Eliasson Arrives in Sudan
Special Envoy Jan Eliasson arrived yesterday evening in Khartoum in the context of the fourth visit conducted by the AU and UN Special Envoys to Sudan in continuation of their joint efforts aimed at re-energizing the Darfur political process. The AU Special Envoy is scheduled to arrive in Khartoum on 7 July.
Special Envoy Jan Eliasson met upon arrival with the AU-UN Joint Mediation Support Team (JMST) to review the preparatory work for the Tripoli Meeting, as well as the status of implementation on the first phase of the Joint AU-UN roadmap for the Darfur political process - Convergence of Initiatives and Consultations Phase - in light on the discussions so far held by the JMST with stakeholders concerned.
Special Envoy Jan Eliasson left Khartoum today to El Geneina where he met with representatives of political parties, civil society organizations, and native administration involved in the Darfur-Darfur Dialogue and Consultation process, as well as representatives of IDPs and local authorities. Special Envoy Eliasson informed his interlocutors on the results of the joint efforts he has been jointly conducting with AU Special Envoy Salim Ahmed Salim and the and the next steps they envisage in moving the Darfur political process forward, including the Tripoli international meeting to be held on 15 and 16 June under the AU and UN chairmanship. Special Envoy Jan Eliasson heard from his interlocutors their views and ideas regarding the Darfur political process.
Dinka Ngok Chiefs and Misseriya Leaders To Restore Traditional Mechanisms of Monitoring Pastoral Migration in Abyei Area
UNDP organized a forum on migration in Abeyei on 21 June 2007 between leaders Misseriya and Dinka Ngok to discuss ways of restoring the traditional mechanisms of monitoring pastoral migration that has suffered the effects of a prolonged civil conflict. The meeting resulted in a joint communiqué by the traditional leaders of Dinka Ngok and representatives of Misseriya Nomadic community in which they agreed on a set of concrete measures, including the formation of Leaders' Committee to coordinate and direct the annual migration movement of Misseriya nomads.
The Forum was organized by UNDP following a request from the leaders of the two communities. With the generous support of UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Embassy of the Netherlands for the Recovery of Abyei Area through Good Governance and Poverty Reduction project, UNDP assists Abyei communities to peacefully resolve their differences at the grassroots level by organizing similar events for leaders, women and youth.
In its press release issued on 4 July on the event, UNDP said that the joint communiqué signed at the conclusion of the Abyei Forum marks another step toward community peace and reconciliation. In addition to the participation of 24 traditional leaders from Dinka Ngok and Misseriya communities, representatives of the Administration Unit Executive Team, Joint Integrated Unit, UNDP, UNMIS and UN agencies, INGOs and National NGOs in Abyei also attended the Forum. More information on this event at the follwing link: www.sd.undp.org/projects/abyei/abyei.htm
Southern Sudan and the Transitional Areas
Security Developments
On 2 July, three armed men attacked Iyodo IDP camp (10 km SW of Torit), Eastern Equatoria State. Casualties as result of the attack were reported. The attack seems to be linked to ongoing intertribal clashes within the Latuka tribe.
Darfur
Security Developments
In North Darfur, three men armed with sticks and knives broke in an INGO office in As- Salaam camp on 3 July. They attacked the guards and looted their money.
In West Darfur, an INGO vehicle was carjacked on 4 July, near the INGO's office in Kulbus (120 km N of El Geneina).
On 2 July, a two-vehicle convoy of an INGO was carjacked with staff on board while it was on its way from Rigil Kubri (20km NW of El Geneina) to El Geneina. The INGO staff members were later released in Kurti (7 km NW of El Geneina).
On 2 July, a commercial truck traveling from Foro Baranga (70km SSW Zalingei) was shot at by unknown armed men on the road between Kordol and Garsila. One person on board was injured.
In South Darfur, a group of 10 unknown armed men forcibly entered a house in Kalma IDP Camp on 2 July, and killed a man, reportedly Fur, and wounded an unknown number of other people in the house, including a woman who died later. The attackers took at gun point nineteen IDPs to another location within the camp. Seventeen of them were later released.
On 3 July, an INGO (NCA) vehicle was carjacked by three unknown armed men in Dereige Camp (7km NE Nyala).
Humanitarian Developments
In West Darfur, over the past four days, a new arrival of 304 IDP families was reported in Um Dukhum from South Darfur. They will be moved to Jeddida Camp.
FAO received 38MT of the 75MT sorghum and ground nuts seeds allocated for Zalingei and Wad Salih. The seeds should be transported before the rainy season when roads become inaccessible.
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