Sudan: If Given Adequate Support, Robost Deployment of African Union-United Nations Hybrid Force Could Contribute to Security in Darfur, Security Council Told

United Nations (New York)

29 October 2008

Despite the high-risk environment in the Sudan’s Darfur region, the full, robust deployment of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) could effectively contribute to security – if given adequate support, Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, told the Security Council this afternoon.