Briefing to the African Union Peace and Security Council

"You would recall that, Former Swedish Foreign Minister and President of the UN General Assembly, Jan Eliasson and I were appointed respectively by the Secretary General of the United Nations and the Chairperson of the African Union to serve as Special Envoys for Darfur, following the High Level consultations between the African Union, the United Nations and the Government of Sudan (GoS), held here in Addis Ababa, on 16 November 2006. The mandate given to us was to re-energize the political peace process by bringing the GoS and the non signatories to the negotiating table with the aim of achieving a more inclusive and durable solution to the conflict in Darfur." - Dr. Salim, June 12, 2008