The UN-AU Mission in Darfur will formally take over from the African Union Mission in the Sudan (AMIS) on Monday, the office of U.N. spokesperson announced Friday.
It said that the transfer of authority, which is in accordance with the timeline specified in U.N. Security Council resolution 1769 of July 2007, will comprise a signing ceremony between both parties in the presence of a representative of the Sudanese Government.
In addition, AU troops will exchange their green headgear for the U.N. blue beret, it noted.
At full strength, the new mission will be the largest peacekeeping operation of the Organization, with some 20,000 troops and more than 6,000 police and civilian staff.
Some 9,000 uniformed personnel are on the ground now, including7,000 troops and 1,200 police serving with the AMIS, which was established in 2004, as well as U.N. soldiers and police officers serving as part of the U.N. heavy and light support packages deployed to support AMIS over the last year.
Source: Xinhua
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