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18 May 2010 - The Mission’s outgoing Deputy Joint Special Representative (DJSR), Major-General Henry Anyidoho (Rtd), paid a final courtesy call today on the Deputy Wali of the North Darfur State, Mr. Idris Abdallah Hassan. In…

17 May 2010 - A two hundred-member advance party of a military battalion has arrived today in El Fasher, North Darfur, from Dakar, Senegal, to begin preparations for the deployment of the main body, expected to arrive in July…

Dili, 3 May 2010 (IRIN) - Timor-Leste's Law Against Domestic Violence was passed by parliament eight years after it was first drafted. "This law is very important for Timor-Leste, because domestic violence here is very common…

12 May 2010 - On Tuesday 11 May, 544 members of the Ethiopian military contingent in El Geneina, West Darfur, were awarded peacekeeping medals in recognition of their contributions to the Mission.Ethiopian Ambassador to the…

11 May 2010 - At a meeting of the newly-formed tribal Reconciliation Committee in Nyala, South Darfur, on 9 May UNAMID continued its efforts to help mediate a peaceful resolution to the ongoing conflict in West Darfur between…

Dili, 03 May 2010 - The National Parliament in Timor-Leste passed the Law Against Domestic Violence on 3 May with 30 votes in favour, three abstentions and no votes against. While the law is still awaiting promulgation by the…

Dili, 6 May 2010 - IOM in cooperation with the PNTL Police Training Centre delivered a workshop for senior law enforcement officers to raise awareness of trafficking and methods to combat human trafficking in Timor-Leste…

06 March 2010 - A delegation led by US Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration today visited UNAMID’s headquarters in El Fasher, North Darfur. Mr. Gration met with Deputy Joint Special Representatives Henry Anyidoho and Mohamed…

06 May 2010 - The African Union High Level Panel on Darfur, chaired by former President Thabo Mbeki, and a UNAMID team led by Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari met in Addis Ababa today to explore areas of…

International Day of the Midwife, 5 May 2010 - Joint message of Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, and Agneta S. Bridges, Secretary-General, ICM, the International Confederation…