[Amendment ]Original date remains : Media Advisory, DDPD Implementation Follow-up Commission to meet in Khartoum on Monday, 09 May

All media are invited to the opening ceremony of the eleventh meeting of the Implementation Follow—up Commission (IFC), established by the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) that will take place on Monday9 May 2016, at 09:30 hours in the main conference room at Corinthia Hotel on the Nile Street in Khartoum.

The Chairperson of the IFC, His Excellency Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for the Council of Ministers Affairs of Qatar, and UNAMID Joint Special Representative/Joint Chief Mediator, Martin Uhomoibhi will also brief the press on the outcome of the meeting after its conclusion at approximately 12:30 hours.

The Commission, chaired by the State of Qatar, is the major mechanism for monitoring the implementation of the DDPD. Commission membership includes the Government of the Sudan, National Liberation and Justice Party, Liberation and Justice Party and the Justice and Equality Movement-Sudan, representatives of Burkina Faso, Canada, Chad, China, Egypt, France, Japan, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, the African Union, the European Union, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and UNAMID, which is also facilitating the meeting.