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“The same continent - Africa - is now prey to the ruthless efforts of the Office of the Prosecutor, which wrote its present report while seeking to exercise the power and apply the jurisdiction of the Court selectively over the Continent. On the other hand, successive resolutions of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union and decisions of African Summits issued since 2008, including the latest two resolutions adopted at those meetings, have invariably condemned the practice of the Court to target African leaders.”
2016-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7710 (2016) · source
“8) The International Criminal Court seized on that flawed decision of the Council, and the Court's Office of the Prosecutor made it a point to add to its defects, inadequacy and irrelevance by insisting on disregarding article 53 of the Rome Statute, thereby creating a deep rift between the principles ofjustice and peace, which are intrinsically complementary. We have a shining example in Africa, for instance, when South Africa, a leading nation in the struggle against racism and apartheid, succeeded in blending the two principles and created an exemplary system of both justice and peace, and chose to look beyond the horizon and build a future.”
2016-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7710 (2016) · source
“11) At the same meeting, the representative of the Philippines stated, "[o]perative paragraph 6 of the resolution is killing its credibility" (ibid, p. 6). Nor was the representative of your country, France, Mr. President, happy with adoption of the resolution. He stated that "the jurisdictional immunity provided for in the text we have just adopted obviously cannot run counter to other international obligations of States and will be subject, where appropriate, to the interpretation of the courts of my country." (ibid, p.”
2016-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7710 (2016) · source
“The least one can say about the decision to make this referral, upon which the Court has to date submitted 23 reports to the Security Council, is that it was made on entirely unfounded grounds. In addition, paragraph 6 of the resolution I mentioned, which was the result of bargaining among some permanent members of the Council, rendered the resolution null and void. I should like to refer to some quotations from what was said in the Council about the resolution by the representative of Brazil when it was adopted, on 31 March 2005. Here is what the representataive of Brazil had to say: "Brazil also was not in a position to support operative paragraph 6, through which the Council recognizes the existence of exclusive jurisdiction, a legal exception that is inconsistent in international law." (S/PV5J58, p.”
2016-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7710 (2016) · source
“It should also be noted that the application of article 13 (b) has opened the door wide for political manipulation and for the use of power politics and influence to subjugate some victimized countries and compromise the status of the African continent, since only those considerations are used as decisive factors in making referrals to the Court by the main political organ of the United Nations, namely, the Security Council. That is a fact that I attest to here before the Council in my capacity as the representative of a country with an authentic and long-standing membership in the Organization, and which is substantiated by international law in its letter, interpretation and rationale.”
2016-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7710 (2016) · source
“This is the principle of pacta sunt servanda, stipulated in article 34 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties of 1969, which has become part and parcel of established customary international law and ofjus cogens, which cannot be set aside. That leads me directly to resolution 1593 (2005), which the Council adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter and whereby it referred the situation in Darfur to the Court. It should be noted that article 13 (b) of the Rome Statute does not indicate in any way, neither expressly or implicitly, that the Statute is applicable to States that are not party thereto. The Council might also recall that this fact is repeatedly emphasized in every provision throughout the Statute that relates to non-party States, such as the provisions covering issues of cooperation.”
2016-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7710 (2016) · source
“It is important, however, to emphasize at the outset that I am delivering this statement in my capacity as the Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Sudan on behalf of the President of the Republic of the Sudan, in respect of the Court's report, which is being discussed solely in the Security Council. I would like to reiterate that we have no connection whatsoever to the Court, to which the Council makes referrals within its purview, not pursuant to the provisions of a certain Chapter of the Charter of the United Nations, but in accordance with an article in the Rome Statute of the ICC that is not applicable to the United Nations or to any State Member unless such State wilfully elects to be party thereto or subjects itself to the jurisdiction of the Court.”
2016-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7710 (2016) · source
“Mr. Mohamed (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): I would like to congratulate you once more, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I would also like to reiterate my thanks to Egypt, the Council's President last month, as well as to its Permanent Representative, for having efficiently presided over the Council 's work, in May and for ensuring that certain topics of prime importance to Member States in general, and to the Group of African States in particular, continued to be part of the agenda and work of the Council, bearing in mind that issues pertinent to the situation in Africa account for more than 60 per cent of the Council's work, albeit not in a positive sense, in our opinion, as most of them relate to sanctions and coercive measures that are based on the feasibility concept, which guides, for instance, the work of the so-called International Criminal Court (ICC), including its report on my country, which is the subject of this review.”
2016-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7710 (2016) · source
“Finally, the report also refers to the difficulty of reaching areas where the alleged violence takes place. It references cases of stigmatization and a fear of retaliation, but can cite no data to back up such claims, revealing the flaws in its methodology. The report and the figures it cites lack credibility. It denies that the police forces followed up on reports of the incidents, and instead blames them for not following up. Regardless, we shall continue to cooperate with the Secretary-General and the United Nations to achieve the objectives of the Organization in that regard.”
2016-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7704 (2016) · source
“It makes reference to events of collective rape that took place in 2014. How ironic it is that the information provided in the report came from UNAMID, which has denied the occurrence of such crimes following a visit by its officials to the area and the conduct of an urgent investigation. We observe such a lack of credibility in a number of reports presented by the Secretary-General. Paragraph 63 of this report states that 53 per cent of acts of sexual violence take place in "isolated areas", that is outside State control. It is illogical for the State to be held responsible while, at the same time, the report states clearly that the activities of rebel groups led to the isolation of those regions and those groups failed to provide security to the citizens living there.”
2016-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7704 (2016) · source
“In 2014, my capital, Khartoum, hosted the high-level African Union Regional Conference on Human Trafficking and Smuggling in the Horn of Africa, with broad international and regional participation, leading to the Declaration of the Ministerial Conference of the Khartoum Process. The Government also signed treaties to secure its borders with a number of neighbouring countries in order to prevent the movement of arms and to curb the actions of rebel groups that violate human rights. I shall be brief in my few remaining minutes. We believe that this issue is very important and that it should be accorded the appropriate degree of priority, but we regret the information provided in the Secretary- General's report on conflict-related sexual violence, in which information from unreliable and biased sources is used to distort the truth.”
2016-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7704 (2016) · source
“In addition, the Government has established both a unit to combat gender violence and a national independent human rights commission based on the Principles and Guidelines on Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups. We have accorded particular attention to the issues of violence against women, particularly for women in camps for internally displaced persons in Darfur, the Blue Nile region and South Kordofan, in cooperation with the United Nations Population Fund and the human rights division of the country team in the Sudan. In order to mitigate the threat of human trafficking in women and girls, and since Sudan is a sub-Saharan transit country that has witnessed a number of such crimes, my Government approved a national law on human trafficking aimed at women and girls in particular.”
2016-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7704 (2016) · source
“Thirdly, why does the report not take up the accusations and allegations that some individuals associated with the United Nations perpetrated acts of sexual violence despite the zero-tolerance policy that has been in place since 2003? Regardless of what the Secretary-General's report may say, my Government is particularly concerned with women's issues. That is demonstrated by a number of initiatives that have led to the implementation of a number of strategies and national plans, such as the 25-year strategy for women, the national strategy to combat violence against women, the national policy to empower women and the national policy to protect women.”
2016-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7704 (2016) · source
“Secondly, the aforementioned report claims to cover the period from January to December 2015 while it reiterates its accusation against the Sudanese Armed Forces of collective rape in Tabit village in October 2014, while also claiming that the rape began in October 2015. We find it odd that this rape began and never ended despite the fact the United Nations-African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) report of 9 November 2015, I recall, denied that the Sudanese Armed Forces had perpetrated any such crime. The fact that some have called for a new investigation into the Tabit events merely shows that they intend to take this opportunity, and certainly not to squander it, to condemn the Government of the Sudan and the Sudanese Armed Forces, and to insist on condemning them based not on facts but on very narrow interests.”
2016-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7704 (2016) · source
“Today I am certain that the Secretariat - which is supposed to be the Secretariat of all Member States, large and small, of countries that established and created the United Nations, with which the Secretariat should cooperate closely - instead of working with all countries, targets only certain States. Without such information the Secretariat's, reports would mean absolutely nothing. We find them distasteful. We therefore believe that the Security Council should take account of the following facts. First, a report of the Secretary-General is presented to Member States only 24 hours before the Security Council takes it up.”
2016-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7704 (2016) · source
“Since I presented my credentials to the Secretary-General in August 2015, I have requested a meeting with her more than once. To date I have had no reply. Nevertheless, we thank her for her attention to that issue and for her draft report of 11 February. We replied to the paragraphs related to the Sudan in the report on 19 November 2015, in both English and Arabic. To date we not received no answer, despite our wish to discuss those paragraphs with her. Furthermore, no references are given for the facts presented in paragraphs 63 to 67 on the Sudan in the Secretary-General's report (S/20l6/361), nor could we find any information that we presented to her in those paragraphs.”
2016-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7704 (2016) · source
“Mr. Mohamed (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me first to congratulate you, Sir, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I should also like to express my thanks to the delegation of the Arab Republic of Egypt for its presidency of the Council during the past month. At the outset, my delegation commends the French presidency for organizing this open debate on the theme of "Women and peace and security. Responding to human trafficking in situations of conflict-related sexual violence". We also welcome the Secretary- General's briefing this morning. I hope that the four minutes assigned to me, as to all other delegations, will allow me to set out before members what the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict has failed to do.”
2016-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7704 (2016) · source
“Until then, Abyei will remain an integral part of the Sudan and all its citizens will remain Sudanese citizens, with all the rights enjoyed by Sudanese citizens, including the rights to vote and to stand for election. We therefore hope that the Secretariat and relevant departments will support the Security Council by adopting a positive stance in that regard. The meeting rose at 10.20 am.”
2016-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7691 (2016) · source
“That would run counter to every agreement signed since 2005, most recently the Agreement of 20 June 2011, because such institutions can be created only by the Abyei Joint Oversight Committee and by no other entity. Since such a police service does not exist, we find it necessary to protect our oil facilities, which, Council members will recall, were the target ofan attack that destroyed all the oil-producing infrastructure in Heglig. Fortunately, the two countries have undertaken no unilateral action, generally speaking, or measures on the final status of Abyei, with the exception of one unilateral referendum in 2013 that was rejected by the Security Council. The final settlement that we desire remains pending.”
2016-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7691 (2016) · source
“That runs counter to the nature of the Force and its mandate, as well as to the letter and spirit of the Agreement of 20 June 2011, which stipulates that any change in UNISFA must be approved by the three signatories: the Republic of the Sudan, the Republic of South Sudan and Ethiopia. We have forwarded the outcome of our communications with Ethiopia in that regard in a letter from the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Sudan to the Secretary-General dated 25 October 2015. The letter communicates a crystal-clear message that no provision of the Agreement can be amended without the consent of the three parties, as clearly stated in the Agreement. Secondly, I refer to those provisions of the resolution referring to the establishment of the Abyei Police Service.”
2016-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7691 (2016) · source
“As the UNISFA mandate has been extended for six months, I should like to reassure the Council that the Government of the Sudan will cooperate with the Interim Force in discharging its obligations. That has been the Government of the Sudan's consistent approach since the Force was established and will help to achieve peace, security and stability in Abyei. It is also important for UNISFA to adhere to its mandate under resolution 1990 (2011), whereby it was established. That will create an environment conducive to achieving the desired goals. I should therefore like to refer to certain paragraphs of resolution 2287 (2016) that contradict the mandate. First, the twenty-seventh preambular paragraph refers to the appointment of a civilian head of mission.”
2016-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7691 (2016) · source
“That would help us to identify the final status of Abyei, which remains the sole prerogative of the Presidents of the Sudan and South Sudan, in accordance with the signed agreements. Until that time, we reaffirm that Abyei is Sudanese territory and that the Republic of the Sudan enjoys full sovereignty over Abyei, in accordance with the provisions of international law and the decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, and as stipulated in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the 2005 Abyei Protocol. That status can be amended only by referendum mutually agreed with the Government of South Sudan. That is also true for any other measure to which both parties must consent.”
2016-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7691 (2016) · source
“Moreover, the Committee has not met on a regular basis because of the endless excuses and delays put forward by South Sudan and its failure to participate. I commend the efforts ofthe African Union facilitator of the Committee in his recent communications calling for a meeting on 4 May. The meeting did not take place because the delegation of South Sudan demurred, although it did request a meeting for 10 May, which it also failed to attend. The most recent meeting of the Committee was held in March 2015. We therefore call on our brothers in the Government of South Sudan, following the establishment of the Transitional Government of National Unity there, to engage seriously with the Sudanese Government and the African Union in expeditiously establishing the institutions of Abyei provided for in the Agreement of 20 June 2011.”
2016-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7691 (2016) · source
“This access is provided for in the Abyei Protocol and the Agreement of 20 June 2011, in particular paragraph 39, as follows: "[P]astoral nomads shall enjoy rights of migration and access to pasture and water in accordance with traditional migration routes in the Abyei Area." The Government of the Sudan seeks to establish civility in Abyei, and is therefore committed to all agreements signed with South Sudan, including the Comprehensive Peace Agreement that led to the foundation of the Republic of South Sudan, as well as the 2005 Abyei Protocol and, most recently, the Agreement of20 June 2011, which established the Abyei Joint Oversight Committee. The Committee has yet to be operationalized due to the fact that the institutions provided for in the Agreement - the legislative council, the executive council and the police - do not yet exist.”
2016-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7691 (2016) · source
“Its efforts have complemented those of the Government and the community, and we have begun to see the fruits of the establishment of security and stability in the peaceful coexistence and progress made between the Ngok Dinka and the Misseriya. The efforts of the Sudanese oversight committee have also borne fruit, as the Misseriya herding tribes have been able to gain access, without friction or conflict, to areas that had been inaccesible to them for five years. These movements of the Misseriya herding tribes follow their traditional routes through the Abyei Area, in accordance with the 1956 borders, in search of grass and water in the dry season.”
2016-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7691 (2016) · source
“Mr. Mohamed (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): I should like at the outset to take this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, and the friendly country of Egypt on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. We wish you every success. I also thank your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of China, for his effective and wise leadership of the Council last month. Today the Security Council adopted resolution 2287 (2016), extending the mandate of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) for six months. We value the positive role played by UNISFA since its establishment.”
2016-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7691 (2016) · source
“We also welcome the practical recommendations contained therein for dealing with the phenomenon of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, preventing terrorist acts and cutting terrorists' access to resources.”
2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source
“The Conference considered the following issues: terrorism in Africa: its causes and consequences; communal extremism in Africa: the dangers and consequences; countering terrorism and sectarian extremism: responsibilities and efforts; and countering terrorism and sectarian extremism in Africa: the means and mechanisms. We will distribute the text of the final document of the Conference to all States Members of the United Nations, as we believe it would assist in international efforts to combat this scourge. Once again, we welcome today's important debate and thank the delegation of Egypt for its timely initiative. We welcome the adoption of presidential statement S/PRST/2016/6 and the collective message it sent with regard to countering acts of terrorism.”
2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source
“In the context of implementing our national plan of action to fight terrorism, we have emphasized the importance of coordination and cooperation with the international community. Accordingly, and in cooperation with the Muslim World League, on 28 and 29 April the Sudan hosted the International Conference on Combating Terrorism and Sectarian Extremism in Africa. Our President, His Excellency Mr. Omar Hassan Al-Bashir, made an introductory statement at the conference in which he called for greater coordination and cooperation among all stakeholders in the fight against terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and expressed the readiness of the Sudan to fully cooperate in such an effort. He also stressed the serious dangers that Boko Haram poses in West Africa and the necessity of finding effective ways and means for dealing with it.”
2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source
“Indeed, terrorism has been present at every turn of human history. That is not a reason, however, for us not to hold accountable those who commit terrorist acts or encourage the spread of terrorism. Terrorism should not be linked to any religion, civilization or culture. We should be bound to this perspective and make no exceptions to it. Terrorism cannot be countered by terrorism. Reactive terrorism begins with a state of mind that distorts religious, cultural or intellectual groups and provides terrorists with justifications, pretexts and excuses for their acts. We have seen this time and again throughout history. I would now like to share with the Council some of the Sudan's efforts in the fight against terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.”
2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source
“In that context, the utmost priority should be given to efforts at the national and regional levels, where the factors and root causes of terrorism may be identified. The Sudan reasserts the importance of the role played by regional organizations and stresses the need for coordination among them and international organizations when focusing on the international factors that give rise to the spread of terrorism. While efforts at national and regional levels have been undertaken to confront the national and regional causes of terrorism, there must also be international efforts to address the international causes of the phenomenon. Only in this way can we truly confront all forms and manifestations of violent extremism and terrorism. Regrettably, terrorism is an ancient phenomenon that has existed throughout the ages.”
2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source
“The acts committed by terrorist groups have to date killed thousands, destroyed institutions and spread hatred, conflict and tension everywhere. The world is called upon, now more than ever, to review the existing strategies and plans, which have focused solely on the security aspects, with a view to developing strategies to deal with the socioeconomic and humanitarian issues thought to be among the root causes of terrorism, thereby taking effective steps to contain, combat and prevent the phenomenon of terrorism. The international efforts aimed at dealing with terrorism, violent extremism and terrorist acts have not yet achieved the desired impact. We have a duty to review our actions aimed at putting an end to the phenomenon and eliminating its destructive consequences.”
2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source
“Mr. Mohamed (the Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): The Sudan aligns itself with the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Kuwait on behalf of the Organization ofIslamic Cooperation. Kindly allow me to express our great appreciation for Egypt's initiative in convening this important debate on an issue that concerns the international community and requires our true will power and immense determination to confront. I would also like to express our heartfelt condolences to the victims and families of the recent terrorist acts in Egypt and Iraq. Terrorism in all its forms and manifestations has become an imminent threat to all of humankind. It follows no rules. It is a global phenomenon that threatens peace and security and forces the world to live in fear and terror.”
2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source
“Here we would like to make an important remark: that progress in releasing the containers is contingent upon the resumption of technical cooperation in Khartoum and the regular holding of technical meetings between the relevant Government organs and UNAMID in Khartoum, which we requested last year upon reviewing UNAMID's third report for 2015. Fourthly, paragraph 41 notes that criminal attacks against humanitarian organizations decreased to a great extent during the reporting period; fifthly, paragraph 56 touches on efforts to protect human rights; and sixthly, and lastly, the national human rights commission is setting up branches in the states of Darfur.”
2016-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7666 (2016) · source
“That is why we believe that the negative references contained in the report stand in the way of accomplishing that goal and only deepen the conflict. In conclusion, despite the inaccurate information contained in many of the report's paragraphs, it cannot avoid mentioning the positive developments emanating from the conclusion and implementation of the Doha peace agreement, and does so in the following paragraphs. First, in paragraph 2, it points to the decrease in intercommunal conflicts; secondly, in paragraph 35, it mentions the reduction in the number of criminal attacks and the increasing coordination between security agencies and UNAMID in pursuing the perpetrators of attacks against UNAMID; thirdly, in paragraph 40, it refers to the release of all containers in Port Sudan by 29 February.”
2016-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7666 (2016) · source
“We wish to express our concern over the frequent references contained in the report to the racial dimension of the conflict in Darfur. This can only lead to interference and to the fuelling and intensifying of feelings of hatred. All the people of Darfur without exception suffer from the horrendous climate degradation afflicting Africa's western coasts up to the Sudan. Along the same lines, the conflict is integrally connected with the various means of livelihood. For instance, according to the report, shepherds are fighting with farmers. Here we would like to thank the European Union for its recently announced endeavours to cooperate with the Government of the Sudan with a View to achieving stability, particularly in Darfur.”
2016-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7666 (2016) · source
“It also carried out a project involving a prosecutor for each municipality, with the intent of extending justice throughout Darfur. The judiciary cooperated with UNAMID and provided it with information and statistics as per the contents of paragraph 63 of the report. This could be a perfect opportunity for the Council to ensure that UNAMID does not allow its personnel to enjoy impunity in the criminal cases that we reported to them by memorandums from the Permanent Mission of the Sudan in New York, as well as in the briefings we made to the UNAMID representative at our last two meetings in Khartoum, in January and February. We do not want to address this any further. However, if the Department of Peacekeeping Operations asks us to do so, we will definitely comply.”
2016-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7666 (2016) · source
“So I would like to know how this could possibly clash with the objectives of the United Nations. How does this run counter to international law and its categorical provisions, and how does this contravene the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur? Is there any cogent justification for such a report to place the Government of the Sudan, whose people exercise their sovereignty through it, on a par with an armed movement that uses terrorism and violence to achieve its political goals, and invite both of them to seek a peaceful settlement? We categorically reject the contents of paragraph 16 of the report, on the Sudanese judiciary. The Sudanese judiciary has taken a number of exceptional measures with regard to the five states of Darfur. It redeployed judges in the municipalities that had suffered from insecurity.”
2016-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7666 (2016) · source
“Unfortunately, while the report refers to an area - Darfur - that is equal in size to the Republic of France, it makes no mention whatsoever of the cases of repatriation to which I have just referred. With regard to Jebel Marra, by way of example, we would like to recall that in a statement on 18 February, the United States Department of State asserted that initial attacks by the rebel Abdul Wahid movement had prompted a response by the Sudanese armed forces. Control by Abdul Wahid over the livelihoods of Sudanese citizens in Jebel Marra has ended, and the roads have been opened between Jebel Marra and other main areas in Darfur as well as other parts of the Sudan. For the first time in 13 years, primary-school students sat for general examinations. Levies have ceased to be paid.”
2016-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7666 (2016) · source
“In the light of such evidence, you would excuse us, Sir, if we felt that there is a hidden agenda behind the continued presence of UNAMID that is contrary to the provisions of resolution 1769 (2007), which authorized and mandated its establishment. Throughout Darfur, large numbers of internally displaced persons (IDPs) have managed to return to their villages and to cultivate and harvest their crops. To date, 300 IDPs have returned to their places of origin, and preparations are under way for the return of 100,000 IDPs to their villages in East and West Darfur. I should like briefly to shed light on the displacement of citizens as a result of armed Abdul Wahid movement activity in the area of Jebel Marra, which is located next to two other areas in West Darfur. The report states that there was displacement from that region.”
2016-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7666 (2016) · source
“Most of the contents of this report visibly and indelibly clash with the conclusions of the two technical meetings between the Government of the Sudan and UNAMID, held in Khartoum on 13 January and 23 February. That leads us to demand complete transparency with regard to the preparation of this report. The offices of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Field Support ought to advise us on the stages of preparation of the report, as well as on the role of the Secretariat in New York. That is the only way to eliminate those contradictions. Sir, you have already seen how the practical agreement on the exit strategy elaborated by the joint tripartite panel composed of the Government of the Sudan, the African Union and the United Nations has been thwarted here in New York.”
2016-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7666 (2016) · source
“We possess documented evidence that Abdul Wahid and his movement threatened to kill citizens in Jebel Marra if they refused to pay the ransom imposed on them under duress. We have audiovisual documentation of that incident, and can transmit that to you, Mr. President. No dialogue anywhere in the world should serve as an instrument for criminals. Regretfully, we note that all noble endeavours being made to overcome infighting in Darfur, including the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur, which belongs to the United Nations and the entire international community, including the national dialogue, are being sacrificed and questioned. That should - rather must - come to an end.”
2016-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7666 (2016) · source
“The President of the Republic is obliged to implement the recommendations that the participants adopted unanimously - or nearly so, by a 90 per cent majority - as binding resolutions. Such an important matter cannot be subject to individual political whims because such would lead only to continued conflict. It would also give the armed movements a license to continue to commit acts that lead to the deterioration of the security situation, and to target and kill civilians. In that connection, I would like to stress that the Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW), as per paragraph 36 of the report, launched an attack with heavy weapons on 1 January against UNAMID forces near the Kutum region.”
2016-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7666 (2016) · source
“20) That conclusion reached in the report, which is presented in the name of the Secretary-General, runs counter to the statement delivered by the Secretary-General himself on 28 March, in which he invited those who had rejected the dialogue to join it, as well as the road map agreement proposed by the African Union High Level Implementation Panel. Not only does that necessitate denunciation, Sir, it also requires investigation. Our faith and trust in the Secretary-General requires that we call upon him to take this matter seriously. The overwhelming majority of the Sudanese parties - approximately 81 of them - including the armed movements as well as the majority ofthe Sudanese people, who do not belong to any political party, took part in the national dialogue.”
2016-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7666 (2016) · source
“We see, in the assessment of the national dialogue currently under way in the Sudan, an obvious contradiction between certain paragraphs of the report and the statements made by the Head of the African Union, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sudan and South Sudan, and the Joint African Union-United Nations Special Representative for Darfur - a situation that causes us consternation. The report states that, "[w]ith the exception of the Popular Congress Party all major opposition parties as well as major Sudanese armed movements, continue to boycott the process." (5/2016/268, para.”
2016-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7666 (2016) · source
“Mr. Mohamed (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, allow me to extend our congratulations to you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. I wish also to congratulate your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of Angola, for his wise and effective stewardship of the Council's proceedings last month. Furthermore, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2016/268). As the report is lengthy, I would ask for your indulgence, Sir, to take the time necessary to comment on its contents. I had hoped that the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) and the Secretariat would have assisted the Secretary General by avoiding the inclusion of certain matters. We are surprised to see certain paragraphs ofthe report that are in clear contradiction of incontestable facts.”
2016-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7666 (2016) · source
“I also said in the Council yesterday that a plethora of procedures and mechanisms in a country can result in contradictions that lead to a dispersal of resources and efforts and increase administrative and financial corruption. We hope that the process of reforming the working methods of the Security Council will be objective and judicious, and ultimately crowned with success.”
2016-02-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7620 (2016) · source
“The Council must be strict with those who reject peace and must resist the temptation to impose sanctions against economic entities or institutional sectors such as, in some countries, the management of natural resources, as that has a direct impact on the economy of a country that is tantamount to sanctioning people and depriving them of their sovereign rights. We emphasized this point yesterday: people have a sovereign right to enjoy their country's natural resources (see S/PV.7619). We would like to reiterate that country visits by the Chairs of sanctions committees constitute an important element because they allow the Chair to see the reality of the situation on the ground and compare that information with that provided in the reports of panels of experts.”
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“While that may seem somewhat unnecessary, we should not forget that the United Nations was created for the purpose of achieving collective security, and that the members of the Security Council represent every State Member of the Organization, not just their own Governments. Recourse to sanctions as one of the methods available to the Security Council in certain cases pursuant to the Charter of the United Nations should not be the norm. First and foremost, the Council should focus its efforts on stepping up the role of sanctions committees in strengthening and building peace.”
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“That is why we reiterate how crucial it is to ensure that the Panel of Experts maintains transparency and impartiality in its gathering and presentation of information, and that interactive dialogues continue to be held with the Governments of the countries concerned on any subject before information is included in a report to a sanctions committee. We also want to see regular reviews of the importance and effectiveness of the role played by the panels of experts in promoting the political process and achieving stability in the countries concerned. By their very nature, there is a danger inherent in the Security Council's sanctions regimes whereby they can become supervisory, and Member States have a special responsibility to see that the Council's mechanisms are not exploited in order to achieve private political agendas.”
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