UNAMID
Background The United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) raised the alarm on the crisis in Darfur in 2003. Finding a lasting resolution has been a top priority for the AU, UN Security Council and two consecutive Secretary-Generals. Under the auspices of the AU and with support of the UN and other international partners, the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) was signed on 5 May 2006. Intensive diplomatic and political efforts, including the present Sirte Talks led by the Special Envoys of the AU and UN, continue to bring the non-signatories into the peace process with the hope of getting subsequent agreements related to the DPA. The Secretary-General, in his statement to the Security Council, preceding adoption of Resolution 1769, stated that in establishing UNAMID as an impartial, neutral and independent mission, the international community would be sending a clear and powerful signal of the commitment to improve the lives of the people of Darfur and close this tragic chapter in Sudan’...