Darfur Peace High Committee Declared Donor Conference a Priority

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Darfur Peace High Committee Declared Donor Conference a Priority

Posted 2012-05-17 09:28:59

The High Committee formed to follow up on the implementation of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) listened at a meeting chaired by President Al-Bashir yesterday to a joint report prepared by the Darfur Regional Authority (DRA) and the Darfur Peace Follow up Bureau on the progress of implementation of the Peace Document. “The report contained security and humanitarian themes and mechanisms for implementing voluntary return programme” DRA chairman, Al-Tijani Al-Sisi, said, adding “the security themes focused on violations by some armed movements including SLM-MM which is seeking to create tension like in the areas of Umdafouq and Giraida”. He said the meeting recommended the importance to hold a donor conference on Darfur and to finalize preparations and arrangements to ensure that the conference is successful. The meeting also lauded efforts by the state of Qatar and the sponsorship of its Emir of the donor conference, he said. “The meeting appreciated ...