A UN Security Council delegation will visit Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ivory Coast beginning this weekend to apprise the situation there, it was announced Friday, according to DPA. The delegation, comprised of all 15 council members, will leave on its 10-day trip on Saturday for the first stop in Djibouti. Most of the countries to be visited have UN peacekeeping missions, in particular Sudan, which has a 10,000-strong mission monitoring the comprehensive peace agreement (CPA) between Khartoum and southern Sudan. "On Somalia, what we hope to be doing is take the resolution up to another level, and I believe it's possible," said South African Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo, who will co-chair the delegation with British Ambassador John Sawers.
