Thank you very much.
Your first question was about UNAMID. About 13,000 peacekeepers have been deployed, out of about 20,000. They still lack very critical equipment. For instance, there has been this debate about helicopters being sent to UNAMID to make it an effective protection force. They need to be mobile, highly mobile, and to be highly mobile they need helicopters. Yet for the last few years they've been asking for helicopters and no countries have come forward. Recently Ethiopia has volunteered a few helicopters, but it's nowhere near enough. So that's from the protection point of view.
Are they making a difference? According to the last report of the Secretary-General on UNAMID, they are doing what they can to protect the IDPs. They have a very strong mandate, but they're also under attack themselves. There's a multiplication of armed groups in Darfur. Patrols of UNAMID have been attacked many times. The number of incidents in recent months has been unbelievable. Compounds of NGOs, compounds of the UN, have been looted or burned. Humanitarian workers have been kidnapped.
So it's a very insecure environment for both the UN mission and the humanitarian actors. Unfortunately, this is the result of fragmentation in Darfur, the multiplication of armed groups, and also political agendas, obviously. But it's not only the political agenda from the Government of Sudan; there's also a lot of banditry, a lot of criminal activity. As I said earlier, without the political process, there will be no prospect for an exit strategy, and the difference they can make on the ground will be only marginal.
On the agreement with JEM in February 2009, yes, it was called a goodwill agreement. The agreement was essentially about an exchange of prisoners of war. But after the 4th of March, when President al-Bashir was indicted by the ICC, the Government of Sudan expelled 13 organizations and JEM suspended negotiation. They just resumed yesterday, officially, but as I said at the very beginning of the meeting, there's been a lot of fighting in north Darfur. JEM has attacked and taken possession--although this is challenged by government spokesmen--of one of the cities in north Darfur.
In this environment, it's unlikely that the peace talks will go anywhere soon. They may eventually, but not immediately.