Dancing Sudanese Women for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon

New York Times UN correspondent Warren Hoge files a report from Juba in southern Sudan where Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon arrived today to a "raucous welcome." He'd come to ensure the lasting peace where, for more than 20 years, Christians had battled the Arab capital of the country, Khartoum.

10,000 UN peacekeepers are currently on the ground there, and Hoge reads into Ban's straightforward statement, "As you know well, this remains an essential--and fragile--cornerstone of peace across the whole of Sudan," a reference to a possible solution in Darfur, the region northwest of Juba where millions have been displaced and hundreds of thousands slaughtered. Genocide continues today.

Ban stepped off the plane and found himself faced with a crowd of dancing women and men in warrior headdresses.

It's clear that Ban is doing a bit of diplomatic dancing, warming up to Sudanese president Omar Hassan al-Bashir, and while he couldn't get Bashir to announce a full-on cease-fire (Bashir claimed security concerns), instead he'll work to "bring about" a cease-fire.

During the opening of the UN General Assembly in New York later this month, Ban will corral regional leaders for a "high-level meeting."

Talking abounds while reports trickle out about open conflict in the refugee camps.