Darfur / UNAMID Daily Media Brief / 2008-10-19
EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, October 19, 2008/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Darfur / UNAMID Daily Media Brief / 2008-10-19
UNAMID Joint Special Representative, Rodolphe Adada, and other senior officials visit Kalma Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camp, Sector South.
18-19 October 2008- UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR), Rodolphe Adada, travelled to Nyala, Sector South, on a working visit. He was accompanied by Deputy Force Commander, Major General Emmanuel Karake Karenzi; Police Commissioner, Michael Fryer; and other senior officials.
During his trip the JSR met with the Governor of South Darfur, Mr. Ali Mahmoud Mohammed, he also paid a visit to the Chinese Engineering Company at UNAMID Super Camp and commissioned the first drinkable water bore-hole drilled by the Company as part of a program designed to meet the important water needs in the area.
The JSR also returned to the Kalma IDPs Camp, where he met with the IDPs representatives, as part of UNAMID’s renewed initiative to strengthen contacts and communication with the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Darfur.
Visit of Delegation from United Kingdom Permanent Mission in New York to UNAMID/ Darfur
Lt. Col. Slinger, of the United Kingdom Military, and Chris Sharwood-Smith, United Nations Police Training Coordinator, both with the United Kingdom Permanent Mission in New York, arrived in Darfur on 18 October 2008 for a one-week visit.
Upon arrival, the officials conducted interviews with UNAMID police advisers and Formed Police Units (FPUs) officers on their pre-deployment training. They also visited the Abu Shouk Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Sector North, accompanied by Sector North Police Commander, Lt Col John Gachomo, and the Indonesian Formed Police Unit Commander, Lt Col Johni Asadoma.
They are expected to visit Nyala and El Geneina, in Sector South and Sector West respectively, during their visit.
SOURCE : United Nations – African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID)
