Darfur peace process reaches 'critical juncture,' Security Council warned

United Nations, New York, 27 July 2010 - The peace process in Darfur has reached a critical point, with the security situation deteriorating just as prospects for a negotiated settlement have slightly improved, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council today as he urged all parties to the conflict to step up their efforts to reach a deal.

Ibrahim Gambari, the head of the joint African Union-UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur (known as UNAMID), told an open Council debate that there were encouraging signs pointing towards a possible deal to end a conflict that has raged for seven years. But he said that the overall security situation continues to deteriorate in the remote and arid region on Sudan's western flank.

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[kaoritubes]

If UNAMID is the largest UN peacekeeping mission in history, then why is the conflict still going on and women of all ages are raped right, left and center? It's total madness there. Is it because China keeps on vetoing any effective missions there?

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Interesting.