Annan talks to Bahir on Darfur
Sudan-UN, Politics, 7/3/2006

In the margins of the African Union (AU) Summit meeting being held in Banjul, Gambia, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday discussed the Sudan Darfur issue with Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.

Annan said they agreed on the need to immediately strengthen the AU mission in Darfur (AMIS) and to consolidate the peace accord in that region, which has seen scores of thousands of people killed and over 2 million displaced.

For the 5 May agreement to work, "those parties who have not yet signed must come on board," Mr. Annan said, adding that he personally "continued to press for the eventual deployment of a UN force in Darfur."

While the Government has opposed such a deployment, Annan said, "On this point, we agreed that the dialogue had to continue."

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