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UN, AU envoys push for Darfur peace
Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:44:29
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AU and UN chief negotiators
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UN and AU peace mediators have held meetings in Juba, southern Sudan, in a bid to spur some rebel movements to unify their positions.
The meetings have been held ahead of direct negotiations with the Sudanese Government scheduled for next month.
The UN and AU Chief Mediators for the Darfur peace process are meeting rebel groups that have been engaged in the peace process under the aegis of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM), UN spokesperson Michele Montas told reporters.
After the meeting, the two envoys will travel to Darfur for a two-day visit starting on Wednesday, in which they will talk to other rebel movements that did not attend last month's first round of peace talks in Sirte, Libya.
More than 200,000 people have been killed in Darfur and another 2.2 million have been displaced since 2003, as a result of fighting between rebels, Government forces and allied militia known as the Janjaweed.
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