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United Nations, New York, 27 July 2010 - The peace process in Darfur has reached a critical point, with the security situation deteriorating just as prospects for a negotiated settlement have slightly improved, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council today as he urged all parties to the conflict to step up their efforts to reach a deal. Ibrahim Gambari, the head of the joint African Union-UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur (known as UNAMID), told an open Council debate that there were encouraging signs pointing towards a possible deal to end a conflict that has raged for seven years. But he said that the overall security situation continues to deteriorate in the remote and arid region on Sudan's western flank. News Story: www.un.org