DARFUR SPECIAL ENVOY CONCLUDES NEW YORK CONSULTATIONS,

 

DEPARTS FOR ETHIOPIA, SUDAN FOR FURTHER TALKS

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Darfur, Jan Eliasson, concluded initial consultations at United Nations Headquarters in New York today.  In addition to meeting with the Secretary-General and United Nations officials, he also joined the Secretary-General for in-depth discussions with the African Union Special Envoy for Darfur, Salim Ahmed Salim, and carried out separate consultations with the permanent members of the Security Council, representatives of other Member States, including the Sudan, and a group of non-governmental organizations who are carrying out humanitarian work in Darfur.

Mr. Eliasson will proceed this evening to African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa for two days of meetings with the Chairperson of the African Union, other senior African Union officials and senior members of the Ethiopian Government, before travelling to the Sudan for meetings with the Government of National Unity and all other relevant parties, to discuss steps required to arrive at a durable solution to the situation in Darfur on the basis of the Darfur Peace Agreement.

* *** *

For information media • not an official record