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first: 2009-10-14
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“Nor have there been any more Sudanese security forces in the Agok area after they were deployed to prevent further attacks resulting from the dispute between the Ngok Dinka and Twic Dinka. Those present there are 60 police officers in the Diffra region, as UNISFA is aware, and they are unarmed. The use of the Kadugli airport is being prioritized to enable the mission to deliver its forces with aid, and the Government of the Sudan has granted permission to the head national controller to approve the mission’s flights. Besides that, with regard to grass-roots peace efforts, a peace- and confidence-building conference was held from 8 to 10 October in the town of Tonj to promote peaceful coexistence in the central and eastern areas, in which representatives of the Misseriya and Ngok Dinka tribes participated.”
2023-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9467 (2023) · source
“Between 20 and 23 March, a seasonal peace conference was held in To- dach between the Misseriya and the Ngok Dinka com- munities with the aim of preventing clashes during the seasonal transhumance period. The agreement con- cluded at the conference has remained in effect, with the exception of attacks by individuals from the Nuer tribe targeting the Misseriya in the Luki region. The conflict between the Twic Dinka and the Ngok Dinka is also a source of concern inside and outside the region. While it is true that the crisis that broke out in the Sudan in April has led to people’s displacement towards the Abyei Area, the Sudanese authorities are not hindering the humanitarian agencies there.”
2023-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9467 (2023) · source
“Mr. Mohamed (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, Mr. President, I would like to congratulate you and your friendly country on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of November. I thank Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under- Secretary-General for Peace Operations, for his briefing on the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA). I also thank Ms. Hanna Serwaa Tetteh, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Horn of Africa. We have taken note of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2023/777) on the issue under consideration. To begin with, I would like to respond to some re- marks made by certain delegations.”
2023-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9467 (2023) · source
“In conclusion, I reiterate the support of the Organi- zation of Islamic Cooperation for the realization of the legitimate inalienable rights of the Palestinian people to return, to self-determination and to the achievement of the sovereignty and independence of the State of Pal- estine over all the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital, based on the vi- sion of two States, in accordance with the relevant Unit- ed Nations resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Immediate action must be taken by the Security Council and the international community as a whole to halt the brutal Israeli aggression; end impunity and ensure accountability for Israel, the occupying Power, for its war crimes and crimes against humanity, including this aggression and its more than 16-year illegal blockade of the Gaza Strip; provide international protection for the Palestinian people; and open humanitarian corridors in order to allow vital supplies of medicines, food and other basic life necessities to reach the civilian population in the Gaza Strip.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The Security Council has failed in its historic obligations with respect to the question of Palestine — obligations that remain unfulfilled despite the passage of more than 75 years — thereby severely undermining its key role in maintaining international peace and security and protecting unarmed defenceless civilians.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“It is clear that the absence of any moral, legal or political deterrent on the global stage has emboldened Israel, the occupying Power, to blatantly pursue its illegal policies of colonial settlements and annexation, forced displacement of Palestinian civilians, systematic ethnic cleansing, organized acts of terrorism and desecration of holy places, especially the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and to persist in its denial and violation of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, including their right to self- determination and independence. The OIC expresses its deep regret at the continued failure of this organ so far to adopt a decisive decision to halt the war crimes being committed by Israel, the occupying Power, against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and throughout the Palestinian territory.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The OIC reiterates its categorical rejection of any attempts to violently and forcibly displace the Palestinian population, the majority of whom are already refugees from the Gaza Strip, or to transfer the crisis created by the Israeli occupation to neighbouring countries. It categorically rejects and opposes any attempts at the perpetration of another Nakba on the Palestinian people. That cannot be allowed to happen on our watch. The Security Council cannot let that happen on its watch, and it must act immediately to uphold its responsibility under the Charter for the maintenance of international peace and security, which is being threatened by the ongoing injustice and the grave crises that it continues to provoke.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The OIC recognizes that those developments have come against the backdrop of the steep and continuous rise in Israel’s systematic exercise of violence, human rights violations, provocations, incitement and acts of terror against the Palestinian civilian population in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Since the beginning of the month, both Israeli occupying forces and extremist settlers have escalated their rampages through Palestinian cities, villages and refugees camps, killing more than 79 Palestinians, including 20 children, demolishing homes, desecrating Islamic and Christian holy sites, torching properties and automobiles, destroying crops, uprooting trees, terrorizing civilians and displacing dozens of families, in flagrant violation of international law and the relevant United Nations resolutions.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The OIC underlines, in that regard, the necessity to urgently provide to the Gaza Strip humanitarian, medical and relief aid, including food, water, fuel, electricity and non-food emergency items, including through the United Nations institutions and particularly the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. That aid is urgently needed, especially by the more than 1 million people who have already been forcibly displaced from their homes and who have lost everything as a result of the aggression.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“All such actions are being perpetrated by Israel, the occupying Power, in contravention of international norms and laws, including the Charter of the United Nations, international humanitarian law and human rights law, in addition to the most basic shared human principles and values. Such actions are reprehensible and must be firmly rejected and condemned. The OIC calls for an immediate halt to this unlawful aggression against the Palestinian people. There must be a ceasefire, and there must be protection for the civilian population in the Gaza Strip and the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory. Israel must be ordered to cease all of its crimes and brutality against the Palestinian people, including through an end to its inhumane siege of Gaza.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“They are fleeing in fear as their homes and neighbourhoods, schools, hospitals and civilian infrastructure are being indiscriminately and deliberately destroyed by Israeli air strikes, all in grave breach of international humanitarian law. In response to Israel’s heinous aggression, the OIC held an extraordinary open-ended Executive Committee meeting at the level of ministers for foreign affairs on 18 October. It adopted a joint communiqué calling for the immediate cessation of Israel’s barbaric aggression against the Palestinian people and rejecting the targeting of civilians under any pretext, their forced displacement from their homes, their starvation and the denial of their safe access to humanitarian aid.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“I have the honour to deliver my statement on behalf of the member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in my capacity as Chair of the OIC Group. Today’s meeting is convened as we witness the deadliest Israeli onslaught against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, which has surpassed all levels of brutality, terrorizing the entire civilian population and resulting in thousands of victims. So far, more than 5,000 Palestinians have been killed and more than 14,000 have been injured, including an overwhelming number of women and children. Moreover, hundreds of thousands of Palestinian families are being forcibly displaced, with the United Nations estimating that over 1 million people have already been displaced.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“I call on the Security Council to focus on that threat, and we hope that it will address it. The meeting rose at 10.25 a.m.”
2023-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9416 (2023) · source
“It attacked the city of El Geneina, looting all markets, banks, police stations and hospitals, as well as all neighbourhoods of the Masalit tribe, leading to the displacement of all the families, who fled to the area under the command of the 15th Infantry Division and its neighbourhood. Most of the Masalit population fled to neighbouring Chad, despite an agreement with civilian administration leaders. Services and communication there remain interrupted. In conclusion, militias in Zalinji, Central Darfur state, have attacked banks and markets and converted hospitals into military barricades. They shelled neighbourhoods there, leading to the deaths, injury and kidnapping of many unarmed civilians. Those militias also rape young girls in certain neighbourhoods.”
2023-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9416 (2023) · source
“The state has also witnessed the end of banking services and the closure of most markets, as civilians are afraid of acts of theft by the militia and affiliated outlaws. In South Darfur state, since the start of the events in April, the state has been targeted throughout the region. Militia forces have been looting markets and banks while forcing citizens out of their homes. Children have been forcibly recruited in Nyala, the capital of the state, banks and markets were looted in the city, and milita forces seized control of government hospitals. The militia forces also cut all communication networks in the state, which is suffering from a lack of health services because those forces control all government hospitals. In West Darfur state, the Rapid Support Forces militia killed the state Governor, Khamis Abakar, and mutilated his body.”
2023-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9416 (2023) · source
“Those armed organizations also eliminate peoples’ revolutions, and the Sudanese revolution has become a form of civilian patriotism for achieving reforms and is not the sole right of a certain elite group. The security situation in north Darfur state has been affected by the Rapid Support Forces’ attack against the Sudanese Armed Forces, which brought an end to basic services in health centres and hospitals. Some hospitals have been converted into barracks for the Rapid Support Forces militia. In El Fasher, which is the capital of the state, the militia is in control of the eastern neighbourhoods and restricts the movement of civilians. They also recruit children to fight in Khartoum and have taken control of the children’s hospital in order to treat their injured elements.”
2023-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9416 (2023) · source
“The international community must not allow a new generation of terrorists to revolt against the State, turn into a devilish Frankenstein and possess advanced weaponry, supported by regional actors that target an entire nation under shameful pretexts with a view to changing the demography of an entire nation based on ethnicity. Since the goal of the United Nations is to develop international law, I call on Member States to enact new laws that prevent the emergence of armed entities organized on ethnic grounds, because they undermine the safety and security of States and national armies, exert political authority and control resources. They also weaken political parties, which are the basis of the democracy that is demanded by oppressed peoples.”
2023-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9416 (2023) · source
“That has led to an increase in threats to the United Nations and its agencies, including the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the International Labour Organization, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the United Nations Office for Project Services and the Global Fund. That systematic aggression has included the looting of about 60 United Nations premises, including offices, stores, warehouses, sites, workshops and residential houses, in addition to the looting of 230 United Nations vehicles. Are those not crimes against the international community aimed at disrupting the work of the United Nations and world peace? Has the international community made peace with Boko Haram or with Da’esh, has it sat with them at the negotiating table?”
2023-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9416 (2023) · source
“During the reporting period, from 7 May to 20 August, the report cites 175 security violations against personnel from governmental and non-governmental organizations, as well as the United Nations Security Management System (UNSMS), which includes nearly 50 organizations mandated with implementing United Nations operations with reasonably limited risks with the aim of achieving effective management within the changing environment created by the war and the crimes committed by the Rapid Support Forces in Darfur. The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies has mentioned that since April we have been seeing an increase in the efforts by the Rapid Support Forces to occupy and control civilian homes and buildings, including a number of United Nations offices that are part of UNSMS, in order to convert them into operations centres.”
2023-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9416 (2023) · source
“We thank the United States Government for announcing that it will provide an additional $165 million for humanitarian work in the Sudan. One very important factor mentioned in the Secretary-General’s report (S/2023/644) is that the Rapid Support Forces have targeted United Nations premises using what are described as criminal groups operating in areas under their control in order to obtain consumables, petroleum, food, drinking water and cars in Khartoum and Darfur, and have established military staging bases in residential locations.”
2023-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9416 (2023) · source
“In that context, the warring parties routinely employ violence to maximize their spoils, create conflict and incite violence, and use that as capital to acquire further spoils. This chaotic system has its own sponsors, supporters and beneficiaries. We have seen it at work in the Horn of Africa. It has become a system for fostering destructive chaos controlled by those who oversee it. That distorts the economic market cycle and burdens citizens through the plunder of resources and precious metals that are not part of State treasuries. This new system relies on the use of non-State actors who employ asymmetric tactics of war and perpetuate the cycle of violence, backed by external motives, in order to dismantle national States.”
2023-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9416 (2023) · source
“They have rejected all the opportunities offered to them to take part in the political process after the civil war and now promote the rebel militias and their fighting. That exacerbates the burden on fragile communities and exposes women, children and girls to the scourge of war. It has become clear that our country is currently paying the price of the international community’s failure to contribute to peacebuilding in the Sudan by supporting the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration process. The current situation is creating what political scientists refer to as a political bazaar — a political marketplace that ensures the exchange of benefits, political services and loyalties through financial incentives known as monetized patronage.”
2023-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9416 (2023) · source
“We call on the Security Council to consider that narrative in its debates and to reconsider conflicts and their causes in Africa with the aim of finding an alternative approach to sustaining realistic peace through new capabilities. That involves engaging with stakeholders in the region and a practical return to peacebuilding in conflict-affected communities by implementing the Secretary-General’s recent proposal for a New Agenda for Peace. I therefore call on the Security Council to exercise its authority under Article 41 of the Charter of the United Nations to add to the list of persons under sanctions those whom the Sudanese Government allowed to be represented at the highest levels but who chose to join this new wave of violence.”
2023-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9416 (2023) · source
“That has shaped the popular mindset across borders, which is now reflected in the form of mythological religious representations, as in the context of the Da’esh and Boko Haram movements, in which people meet their needs through looting and war. There are circles that are exploiting the situation with a view to changing the political map from the Nile Valley to the western Atlantic. That hinders peacebuilding efforts because it ensures continued conflict, undermines hope for democracy and the rule of law and threatens development efforts and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals while limiting the chances of establishing a stable international order in which people enjoy security, peace and the observance of human rights.”
2023-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9416 (2023) · source
“Climate change has led to droughts, and more than 85 million Africans will have been displaced by 2050. The numbers of those who are internally displaced or unemployed are rising, making it easier to recruit young people into armed movements, either with financial or political incentives or the promise of finding an El Dorado in the Nile Valley, as the grave events that the Sudan is confronting alone have shown. Poverty, unemployment, a lack of social justice, armed conflict and climate change are all factors that are further undermining peace in the region. Desertification, climate change and drought are promoting a pastoral mindset and reinforcing the phenomenon of cultural pastoralism.”
2023-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9416 (2023) · source
“What is worse — and this is a new element in the conflict — is that the ongoing fighting is being promoted as a religious task by supporters of the Rapid Support Forces, for which some religious leaders in the Sahel come up with specific reasoning to justify violations and impose the doctrine of the Hidden Imam. I mention that to demonstrate the multiple dimensions of the issue. The United Nations must therefore change its narrative and response to this armed aggression, which is being fuelled by political and commercial circles, elites and religious leaders. The Sudan is facing this challenge alone on behalf of the world. The international community must take into consideration the security, demographic and environmental changes taking place in the Sahel region and their impact on Darfur and peace in the region.”
2023-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9416 (2023) · source
“That situation limits the State’s ability to control its borders and repel the militias. We cannot allow the reckless militias and their leaders to transform the region into a new Tora Bora and to destabilize regional and international peace. We must therefore support the State in controlling the region and reinforcing its military presence in order to fill the security vacuum in the region and prevent the closure of its western borders. If we fail to strengthen that effort it will inevitably affect regional and international peace. The rebel forces and their mercenaries are opening many new battlefronts in Darfur and elsewhere with the aim of exhausting the army, and some countries are giving them financial and military support to do that.”
2023-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9416 (2023) · source
“Those crimes include the systematic destruction of the economy and markets, undermining sustainable development priorities, increasing the number of displaced persons, halting production and seriously hampering the production of foodstuffs in both urban and rural areas while obstructing agricultural and industrial activities. There is no doubt that the goal of the militias is to impose a destructive settlement plan for which they have summoned fighters and mercenaries from a number of States. The presence in Darfur of amoral armed militias that obey no laws is a violation of resolution 1591 (2005). However, the resolution prohibits armed forces from transferring weapons and military equipment to the Darfur region, which encourages those forces and affiliated militias to traffic in arms and drugs.”
2023-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9416 (2023) · source
“In that context, we welcome the United States imposition of sanctions against the deputy commander of the insurgent militia and its leader in West Darfur for planning and overseeing the crimes committed against Sudanese civilians, including sexual violence and killings related to the conflict on the basis of ethnicity. Accordingly, we call on other States to condemn those heinous crimes and hold accountable the militia leaders responsible for crimes against the Sudanese people and State. Those crimes have led to undermining national, regional and international security. Vulnerable groups suffer the most, including women and children.”
2023-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9416 (2023) · source
“It is worth mentioning that the position of the Sudanese Government to end the rebellion has the full support from all segments of Sudanese society, which categorically rejects the presence of the rebellious Rapid Support Forces and their affiliates in any political and security arrangement in the Sudan, in particular after those forces were dissolved by a sovereign decision after the broad and systematic crimes that they committed in Khartoum and the Darfur region. Proof of that are the atrocious events in West Darfur state and El Geneina city. We expect the Panel of Experts established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) on Darfur to document those crimes in its reports to the Sanctions Committee.”
2023-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9416 (2023) · source
“Mr. Mohamed (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on Albania’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of September. I would also like to thank the Ambassador of Ghana, Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan, for his periodic report. I would like to begin by stressing that the Sudanese armed forces are continuing their just defensive war against the rebellious Rapid Support militia, which has waged a full war of aggression against the Sudanese State since 15 April. The Government of the Sudan is in control of the political and security situation and is communicating with all regional and international stakeholders to end the war and the suffering of the citizens.”
2023-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9416 (2023) · source
“We assure the Council that the Sudanese Armed Forces will respond to any positive initiative that includes what I have mentioned to members. The meeting rose at 11.55 a.m.”
2023-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9394 (2023) · source
“We stand ready to accept any initiative that leads to ending the rebellion and stopping the war. We reiterate our support for all the Sudanese communities, who reject the continuation of the old political partnership in any political or security equation. While the Sudanese Armed Forces control all military areas in the states, there are still some skirmishes by the rebel militias in some cities such as El Fasher, El Obeid and El Geneina. The People’s Movement, led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu, initiated an attack in South Darfur state and other areas in White Nile state, but the Sudanese Armed Forces were able to repel the attacks. I thank the Council for its cooperation. The Sudan is ready to talk to any of the delegations here with regard to any plans they have for putting an end to the war in the Sudan.”
2023-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9394 (2023) · source
“Those forces, supported by their allied militias, have also carried out coordinated attacks using heavy artillery, mainly targeting civilians in Masalit neighbourhoods, including through mass killings, sexual violence and the systematic targeting of places hosting internally displaced persons, which has led to more forced displacement. After the stalling of the indirect negotiations due to the intransigence of the Rapid Support Forces, who insisted on staying in health facilities, military confrontations have continued in the capital, Khartoum, and some areas in Western Sudan state. However, the Sudanese Government is in control of the military and security initiatives while communicating with all national and international parties with a view to putting an end to the war and the suffering of the people.”
2023-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9394 (2023) · source
“The Rapid Support Forces and their allied militias have launched a campaign of violence to control some of the major cities and cut off the trade roads in Darfur, using heavy artillery indiscriminately in urban areas and coordinating their ground attacks with allied militias. They have been forcibly displacing the rural population and burning people’s homes as part of a strategy to expand their acquisition of land and have blocked some of the main roads between Darfur, Chad and the Central African Republic, as well as into many major cities such as Zalingei and El Fasher.”
2023-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9394 (2023) · source
“We will deal with the ministerial mechanism that was created thereby, in line with the Jeddah process. The first meeting of that mechanism was held in N’Djamena and produced a final statement with the participation of the foreign ministers. In that regard, the Sudan will work with all the parties that seek to end the war, restore security and the rule of law. The Sudanese Armed Forces stand ready to hold their defensive military operations as soon as the rebel militias stop attacking homes, neighbourhoods, civilian objects and government facilities, blocking roads and looting — all of which has been documented.”
2023-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9394 (2023) · source
“We call on the international community, the United Nations and major Powers to support the Sudanese State in facing this externally backed invasion, to demonstrate full solidarity with the Sudanese people in their ordeal and to support the Jeddah process in reaching an immediate and permanent ceasefire, to support the choice of the Sudanese people regarding the new political process and to support the national Government’s efforts, which will eventually culminate in achieving a national consensus, addressing the economic situation, achieving political reforms and realizing democracy through fair elections while supportingtheeffortstoensurefoodsecurityinthe Sudan. The Government of the Sudan welcomed the Sudan’s neighbouring States summit, held in Cairo on 13 July, and its balanced communiqué.”
2023-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9394 (2023) · source
“We condemn those positions because they do not help to make peace or stop the war imposed on the Sudan. The Sudan commends the League of Arab States and the sisterly country of Egypt for their efforts to discuss effective ways to stop the war and preserve the capabilities and territorial integrity of the Sudanese people.”
2023-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9394 (2023) · source
“The horrific events that took place — with the help of foreign mercenaries — in West Darfur state, the city of El Geneina, East and Central Darfur regions, Sirba and Zalingei are good proof of the objectives of those rogue groups. We affirm that the United Nations and bilateral humanitarian operations are flowing smoothly — we have evidence of that — and reaching the needy in all regions of the Sudan. In that regard, the Sudan refuses and rejects any encroachment on its sovereignty for any motives whatsoever — especially through unilateral positions calling for measures that the Sudan has not agreed to. I want to recall that in the mid-1980s, the Sudan was a partner in Operation Lifeline Sudan, one of the largest United Nations operations, and therefore does not need lessons on how to deal with regional and international entities.”
2023-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9394 (2023) · source
“In a previous Council meeting, I told Council members that one day they would be privy to all of the information available. The Sudanese Government reiterates its readiness to accept any serious initiative put forward and continues its cooperation with the United Nations, regional Powers and organizations and neighbouring countries with the aim of stopping the war, especially since the majority of the people of the Sudan call for and support an end to the rebellion, after suffering tremendously from hostilities in which 20,000 prisoners collaborated with drug dealers and uncontrolled militia to eliminate their well-being and alienate them from their homeland.”
2023-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9394 (2023) · source
“The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has promised to investigate those actions, which are tantamount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Government of the Sudan is therefore currently discussing cooperation with the ICC Prosecutor in their investigation, since it is the uncontrolled militia’s refusal to commit to a ceasefire that constitutes the main impediment to ending the war. Instead, the militia is increasing its recruitment across the border and adopting a mobile war approach. A committee has also been established to address the war crimes and violations committed by the rebel militia. Members may not be aware that one country in the region has sent 6,000 combatants to fight the Sudanese Armed Forces and to support the uncontrolled militia.”
2023-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9394 (2023) · source
“The Government of the Sudan has been responding to the indiscriminate shelling by the uncontrolled militias in Omdurman and other cities and areas in the Sudan, who are trying to evict citizens from their homes through criminal settlement schemes involving identity theft, forgery and looting and plundering banks, including by stealing gold and deposits, which are causing problems far beyond the Sudan, in the Nile Valley, the Red Sea, the Horn of Africa and parts of East Africa and the Sahel. The rebel Rapid Support Forces have been dealt with in accordance with the laws of the Sudanese Armed Forces. Their continued violations, as recorded by human rights and civil-society organizations, have been condemned by States.”
2023-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9394 (2023) · source
“They refuse to comply with the decisions that have been agreed to, including sparing civilian homes and health, education and sports centres in various areas. The Sudanese Armed Forces will abide by the agreements reached within the Jeddah process as soon as the rebel forces commit to leaving those facilities. While many Sudanese have been dispersed and displaced to neighbouring countries, most have stayed in the country, destitute and suffering under attacks from the rebel militias. The people should be sovereign.”
2023-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9394 (2023) · source
“As the Sudan rejected all foreign interference in its internal affairs in April, it has the necessary flexibility to achieve peace via a resumption of the political track in line with a new vision and a broad national alliance, with the participation of civilians, including women and young people, in a national Government after the war. In that context, the Sudan is committed to working for peace, adhering to the Jeddah Declaration, signed on 11 May, and facilitating the safe passage of humanitarian aid throughout the country while upholding its sovereignty and respecting the country’s laws. The indirect negotiations with rebel forces via the Jeddah platform under the auspices of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States of America have stalled due to the rebel militias’ intransigence.”
2023-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9394 (2023) · source
“All of us who want to contribute to finding a solution to the Sudanese crisis must ensure the Sudan’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence. The Sudan is its own master in peace and war, and is once again seeking the help of its African and Arab brothers who are most familiar with its traditions, customs, ideals and values. If the neighbouring countries want to make progress in finding a solution to the Sudanese crisis, they must listen to the voice of the Sudan as it fights its fiercest battle for survival in its history.”
2023-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9394 (2023) · source
“The return of the army to its barracks must be ensured so that it plays its normal and constitutional role in defending the unity and territorial integrity of its homeland, supporting the new national Government through a new national coalition that has never called for war, supported the general aggression and demographic change of the Sudanese people by force, stolen their money or assaulted their women. We need the launch of a new, inclusive national political dialogue, unlike its byzantine predecessors, in order to define a democratic pathway forward and an agenda for peace, reconstruction and development. The Sudan’s current crisis cannot be resolved by expanded mechanisms that cause confusion at various regional and international levels. Like the Titanic, they are doomed to sink.”
2023-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9394 (2023) · source
“The path forward will be chosen by the people of the Sudan following a cessation of hostilities and a ceasefire, which we hope will materialize soon. It is well known that the Jeddah talks are limited to addressing the humanitarian situation, managing the provision of relief and putting an end to military operations. They are not aimed at holding political discussions. The current war has changed the Sudan’s political dynamics and future prospects. That said, the most viable option is the emergence of new national civilian leaders to form an independent technocratic Government that can oversee the holding of general elections without any delay, leading to the completion of the political transition. The Sudan welcomes the support and supervision of the United Nations for the elections.”
2023-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9394 (2023) · source
“The multiple and broad initiatives that are in play are causing confusion, while an expanded mechanism is not necessarily more successful or better than an initiative that enjoys the consent of the Sudanese Government. The meeting held by the African Union Peace and Security Council in Addis Ababa in May had a positive outcome, resulting in a number of short-term truces. Moreover, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) reaffirmed its commitment to promoting peace in the Sudan and welcomed the Jeddah talks as facilitating talks between the two parties to the conflict seeking a unified and comprehensive peace process under the auspices of the African Union, IGAD, the League of Arab States and the United Nations.”
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“In addition, it is the Government and local authorities that define priorities and the geographical distribution of aid in considering the host communities in Gezira, White Nile, Northern, River Nile and Blue Nile states, without politicizing humanitarian action. As for our position on the political track and the relevant initiatives, the Sudan welcomed the African Union’s initiative, which resulted in a road map whose elements include the coordination of efforts among all regional and international partners through an expanded mechanism, an immediate and permanent cessation of hostilities, the delivery of humanitarian aid, respect for international humanitarian law and a resumption of an inclusive peace process leading to a democratic Government.”
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