This serves to inform the National Council of Provinces that I have extended the employment of the eight hundred and fifty (850) South African National Defence Force (SANDF) personnel to the Darfur, for a service in fulfilment of the international obligations of the Republic of South Africa towards the United Nations and African Union as part of the UN/AN Hybrid Operation in Durfur (UNAMID) in accordance with the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1769, dated 31 July 2007.