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first: 2009-10-14
most recent: 2023-12-15
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“The Government is in a better position to assess needs, set priorities and oversee the distribution of aid to its people. And flexibility is required where some other issues are concerned because they concern the Government, in such areas as escorting and securing humanitarian convoys and ensuring the safety of humanitarian and medical personnel against attacks, considering that 18 humanitarian workers have now been killed during the hostilities. The Government therefore insists on escorting humanitarian convoys until they reach their intended destinations and the people in need. That does not infringe on the work of voluntary humanitarian organizations. The Government provides all humanitarian and medical teams, and that takes time and should not be a controversial issue.”
2023-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9394 (2023) · source
“Any delayed visas or measures undertaken by the Government to ensure the safety and security of humanitarian workers or aid in the midst of a war should not be considered as bureaucratic impediments to access. Other issues have contributed to a slowdown in the provision of services and humanitarian aid, including diminishing funding and a financial gap of more than 70 per cent in the $1.5 billion total of pledges made in Geneva. In our view, the fulfilment of those pledges has been delayed due to the complexity of response operations and to other complications hindering the timely delivery of humanitarian aid. In order to improve performance in the delivery of humanitarian aid, the Government of the Sudan and the United Nations must take into consideration flexibility, realism and their ongoing partnership in their cooperative efforts.”
2023-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9394 (2023) · source
“The United Nations, represented by OCHA, should address the humanitarian situation by cooperating and coordinating with the countries affected according to the countries’ own assessments of their priorities and needs, and should include every issue related to the assessment of those priorities, including the geographical scope of aid distribution and protection, as provided for in General Assembly resolution 46/182. Cooperation is an ongoing process that should be subject to improvement and mutual understanding. It is not just about meeting short-term requests. We should therefore consider the whole picture and stress the importance of cooperation between the Sudan and the United Nations, something that we have made clear to the Secretary-General. In that context, we feel it is important to clarify some issues.”
2023-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9394 (2023) · source
“That continuous cooperation has contributed to visa approvals in record time for several officials of the United Nations and OCHA for visits to the Sudan despite the current situation in the country. The Mission has also expedited the delivery of humanitarian aid through Port Sudan, in collaboration with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and officials in Port Sudan. The Government of the Sudan has also provided cross-border aid through Chad despite security concerns. The first shipment of food aid arrived through the World Food Programme in West Darfur state last week. Authorities in Port Sudan have completed all measures necessary for more than 580 United Nations trucks to deliver thousands of metric tons of humanitarian aid, and we can provide the Council with proof of that.”
2023-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9394 (2023) · source
“The Government of the Sudan is keen to address the humanitarian situation that was triggered by the war and the resultant security challenges with responsibility, flexibility and realism. The Government is keen to realistically address the situation through the following mechanisms. A supreme committee for crisis management was established to address the humanitarian situation and is chaired by the Minister of Social Welfare. Its members include the High Commissioner for Humanitarian Assistance, who is participating in the Jeddah consultations, as well as a number of ambassadors and diplomats dispatched by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs to join the Committee’s work in Port Sudan. Here in New York, the Permanent Mission of the Sudan deems the mechanism of regular coordination and consultation with OCHA to be effective.”
2023-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9394 (2023) · source
“In fact, the Armed Forces defend citizens who are forcibly displaced with a view to changing the current demography and replacing them with foreign people who carry fake identities. Accordingly, the Armed Forces need to address that situation — if such a situation occurred in any of the countries represented on the Council, what would the reaction be? Would they stand helplessly by, watching members of aggressive militia forces enter people’s homes, destroy their property and rape their women, or would they order armed and security forces to defend those people? Regarding the humanitarian aspect, the Sudan stresses that it is fully committed to cooperating with the United Nations, in particular the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), to facilitate delivery of humanitarian aid to those in need and affected by war.”
2023-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9394 (2023) · source
“She assured me that I have the right to participate. In that context, we sent complete information to all delegations and to the presidency of the Security Council on the sexual and gender-based violence that was mentioned by several delegations. We also sent them a report by the independent unit to combat violence against women and children, in which it condemns the perpetrators, just as they were condemned by most of the international community. The Sudanese Armed Forces are not involved in any sexual or gender-based violence, and the party involved in that atrocity is very well known. Many delegations identified the party without naming it. Current indiscriminate shelling is not perpetrated by the Sudanese Armed Forces.”
2023-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9394 (2023) · source
“I would also like to note that we have an amicable relationship and mutual respect with Mrs. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States. I learn from her diplomatic skills. However, the Permanent Mission of the Sudan sent no official correspondence to the President of the Security Council threatening to boycott the meeting if attended by certain individuals. The Mission also did not communicate with the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs to that end. However, after we requested that our name be added to the list of speakers, we received a letter that was unclear. We were informed that, in accordance with rule 37, our country is not allowed to speak without the approval of the Security Council. That is why I wrote a letter to Mrs. Thomas- Greenfield about that.”
2023-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9394 (2023) · source
“There is a regional Power that supported the aggression and wanted the Sudan to become terra nullius, according to the definition under international law. Some delegations noted voluntary self-defence by the citizens under international law as well as under national criminal law, which supports self-defence. The Sudanese Armed Forces welcomed the Jeddah process supported by the United States of America and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. They are not fighting for power but to defend the territories and people of the Sudan against the indiscriminate ethnic war confirmed by human rights organizations and condemned by several countries, including the troika — Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States — and other organizations such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.”
2023-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9394 (2023) · source
“Mr. Mohamed (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Madam President, on your country’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of August. I would also like to thank Ms. Martha Pobee and Ms. Edem Wosornu for their informative briefings. I thank the delegations that showed sympathy and support to the people of the Sudan, given their suffering and the current situation. In that regard, the Government of the Sudan has spared no effort to put an end to a war imposed on it. I would like to recall that depicting the war as a war between two parties will lead nowhere. It is not a strategic and realistic reading of the current events in the Sudan.”
2023-08-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9394 (2023) · source
“Anita Ferrara, author and expert on transitional justice at the Irish Centre for Human Rights stated, “Criminal justice for victims of war throughout the world arrives late when the aggressor wins the war. In the short term, transitional justice can be implemented.” She called on the Sudanese parties to start first with transitional justice, and we noted the challenges that entailed. As for criminal justice, it will come in the long term.”
2023-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9375 (2023) · source
“Finally, under article 90 of the Rome Statute, the Sudanese judiciary has the right to issue judgments against those who perpetrate international crimes within the ICC’s jurisdiction. The Government of the Sudan is entitled to receive from the Prosecutor a copy of the information and investigations that are considered primary evidence for justifying the trials. The Prosecutor’s view that the Sudanese authorities have not cooperated with his Office by refusing to hand over suspects to be prosecuted in The Hague is not fair given the clarifications I have made today on the scope of cooperation between the Sudan and the Office of the Prosecutor. In conclusion, there was a discussion on the situation in the Sudan in the United Kingdom Parliament yesterday. In that discussion, Ms.”
2023-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9375 (2023) · source
“After the revolution, we began to deal with the ICC based on respect for the principle of criminal and legal complementarity where preference is given to trying criminal cases in our national courts under our national criminal law. That principle makes the ICC, as stated by the Prosecutor, the court of last resort and not the court of first instance. Accordingly, the Government of the Sudan wishes to exercise its right to prosecute the crimes committed in Darfur through its national criminal courts in accordance with international legal criteria under the ne bis in idem principle, which is recognized in most national criminal systems and in Article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.”
2023-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9375 (2023) · source
“As for the five accused persons, their trials will take place either in a Sudanese court, in The Hague, or in an internationally supported hybrid tribunal established by a Council resolution. A memorandum of understanding was signed by the Government of the Sudan and the Prosecutor’s Office when the case was referred to the ICC pursuant to resolution 1593 (2005). As to the case of the three suspects, the Rome Statute does not provide for a statute of limitations for the crimes alleged. Once the comprehensive aggression is over, we could deal with that aspect, keeping in mind that we have additional options that have already been approved by the previous and current Prosecutors, as mentioned previously.”
2023-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9375 (2023) · source
“On the issue of handing over the three remaining suspects wanted by the ICC whose location is alleged to be unknown, which is mentioned in the report and has been raised by certain delegations, the Minister of Justice assured me yesterday that these individuals are under strict surveillance in a hospital where they are being treated. I duly informed the Prosecutor of these facts when he visited the mission yesterday, at which time we also thoroughly discussed future cooperation. The Prosecutor’s report notes a single option, namely, having the trial of suspects in The Hague and nowhere else. However, in her briefings to the Security Council in 2020 and 2021, former Prosecutor Bensouda had proposed three options from which the Sudan would choose. That will be addressed with the Prosecutor in the near future.”
2023-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9375 (2023) · source
“The report states that the Sudan did not take notable measures to facilitate cooperation with the Office of the Prosecutor before the events of 15 April 2023, including administrative impediments and a refusal to work with Sudanese witnesses and authorities or with affected communities. Upon his visit to the Central Darfur state, the Prosecutor said that he would assure General Al-Burhan of his cooperation with the Governors in Darfur and that he saw no obstacles that might hinder that. The Prosecutor’s only request was for contact to be established between the Government and the Office of the Prosecutor. That request is to be discussed with the Sudanese authorities in the near future.”
2023-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9375 (2023) · source
“There are several important points that I expected the report to mention, namely, the legislative reform measures taken by the Government of the Sudan to show our cooperation with the ICC, including the relevant amendments made to the 1995 Sudanese criminal law, the 2007 Armed Forces law, and to article 3 of the 1991 Code of Criminal Procedures to bring it in line with ICC requirements of the ICC, as well as the appointment of a specialized Sudanese Prosecutor and the establishment of specialized tribunals to investigate the crimes committed in Darfur. The report also fails to mention my Government’s efforts to protect the civilians in Darfur, including sending joint forces to implement the Juba Peace Agreement and following up on the security situation in the region.”
2023-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9375 (2023) · source
“Consequently, our cooperation with the ICC was more positive than has been characterized by members of the Court. The ICC Prosecutor asked the Government of the Sudan for permission to open an office in the Sudan and to send officials there. However, the Court Registrar did not come to the Sudan to finalize the request. The Government of the Sudan is completely ready to do that once the hostilities stop. The Prosecutor also requested documents, archives, witnesses and evidence on the crimes committed in Darfur and asked for permission to go to the crime scenes. Responses have always been in the affirmative as evidence of our willingness to cooperate and coordinate.”
2023-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9375 (2023) · source
“In September 2022, another delegation from the Office of the Prosecutor, comprising nine members, came to Khartoum for a six-day visit, which was followed by many visits from 12 September to 18 December 2022. Another delegation of eight members also visited the Sudan to discuss the issues of coordination on the ground, legal accountability, case management and awareness-raising. That delegation included the Head of the Public Relations Department and visited sites in Zalinji, Bendisi, Makjar, Kilma, Bandis North and South, Kadoum camps and Old Makjar camp. In addition, a delegation of 12 people led by the Prosecutor had visited Nyala on 21 August and met with the Governor and the security committee. On 22 August they visited the town of Zalinji.”
2023-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9375 (2023) · source
“Some members of his team travelled to south and central Darfur. They met with state Governors and with local officials in the refugee camps. Other members of the team headed by the Deputy Prosecutor, Judge Nazha Shmeem, met with the Minister of Justice, the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, and the Minister of Culture and Information. They also met with members of the Sovereignty Council and the Governor of Darfur. On 23 August 2022, when the Prosecutor returned from Darfur, he met with the Deputy Chairperson of the Sovereignty Council, after which the Prosecutor made his historic briefing to the Security Council from Khartoum without any restrictions (see S/PV.9113). The next day, on 24 August, the Prosecutor met with the Chairperson of the Sovereignty Council and appeared at a press conference at the Rotana Hotel in Khartoum.”
2023-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9375 (2023) · source
“Khan’s taking office on 16 June 2021, a new memorandum of understanding between the Court and the Government following the departure of Ms. Bensouda was signed in August 2021 by Mr. Khan with a view to strengthening cooperation with the Ministry of Justice. Prosecutor Khan then visited Khartoum, where he met with staff at the highest level of authority, in order to ensure justice for victims and displaced people in Darfur. After several visits to the Sudan, the Prosecutor requested the opening of a liaison office which would include the presence of officials. The Sudan had previously hosted Ms. Bensouda on two occasions and facilitated her work. She met with Government officials and visited the victims and survivors in Darfur camps. In August 2022, the Prosecutor and his team were hosted in Darfur from 20 to 25 August 2022.”
2023-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9375 (2023) · source
“The report also notes, in more than one paragraph, that the Government of the Sudan did not cooperate with the ICC and refers to the increased deterioration of relationships before the breakout of the ongoing clashes. However, the Government of the Sudan has been cooperating with the ICC and the Office of the Prosecutor as follows. The Sudan signed the Rome Statute in 1998, and the Ministry of Justice conducted a study on the Statute, which was presented to the Council of Ministers for final ratification. However, political developments prevented the report from being ratified, and, in May 2021, a cooperation agreement between the Government of the Sudan and the ICC was signed. Then, in August 2021, the memorandum of understanding was signed. As to cooperation with the Office of the Prosecutor since Mr.”
2023-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9375 (2023) · source
“I would ask that delegations not accuse the Sudan of this failure every time this issue is raised. On cooperation with the Prosecutor from 2020 to 2022, including after 25 October, the report referred to violations of international humanitarian law as falling under the jurisdiction of the ICC, but it is legally established that international humanitarian law and the four Geneva Conventions apply to international armed conflicts, not domestic conflicts. Despite that, the Sudan has upheld all of its commitments related to the ceasefire agreement, under the auspices of the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Jeddah.”
2023-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9375 (2023) · source
“Article 20 of the memorandum of understanding noted the need to implement the Prosecutor’s requests on a voluntary basis with regard to interviewing persons and inspecting sites. Said requests must allow sufficient time, as agreed by both parties, and provide information on the activities to be carried out on the territories of the Sudan. The Juba Peace Agreement mentioned by certain delegations has not been implemented — in particular the demobilization, disarmament and reintegration process — since the donors and the international community have not funded the process in full and the pledges have not been honoured. It was therefore not possible to complete this process on the basis of national resources alone due to the current economic difficulties.”
2023-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9375 (2023) · source
“Pursuant to article 10 of the Rome Statute, the Office of the Prosecutor may also provide assistance to the Sudan in conducting an investigation or prosecution for any crime within the Court’s jurisdiction or for any crime under Sudanese legislation. That includes technical and legal coordination, which has not taken place. The Sudan cannot be held solely accountable for that. Any such request has to provide sufficient time, as specified in article 18 of the memorandum of understanding, which refers to paragraph (a) of article 99 of the Rome Statute, which, in turn, supports the Sudan’s position with regard to requests for cooperation, to be carried out in accordance with the applicable procedures under national law and in the manner specified in the request, unless it is otherwise prohibited by law.”
2023-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9375 (2023) · source
“With regard to facilitating investigations on the Sudan’s territory, there was no objection in principle, and given the current exceptional circumstances, it is possible to start considering enhancing cooperation so as to ensure justice for victims and to discuss the Prosecutor’s proposals through the established channels of communication or the focal points on the basis of the principle of legal complementarity and article 3 of the memorandum of understanding. The Ministry of Justice is the channel of communication when it comes to requests for cooperation, information and coordination between the two parties, as needed. That is a request made by the Prosecutor.”
2023-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9375 (2023) · source
“With regard to cooperation between the Government of the Sudan and the Office of the Prosecutor, the memorandum of understanding, signed on 12 August 2021 between the Minister of Justice of the Sudan and the Prosecutor, is based on a legal framework that combines the implementation of resolution 1593 (2005), on the cooperation of the parties to the conflict in Darfur and the Government of the Sudan with the ICC, and cooperation under paragraph 5 (a) of article 87 of the Rome Statute, which calls upon non-States parties to provide assistance in trial proceedings, under part 9 of the Statute, for crimes committed in the Darfur region since July 2002, to facilitate investigations in the Sudan and to transfer suspects for whom arrest warrants have been issued.”
2023-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9375 (2023) · source
“I have clarified that point many times in the Security Council, and it is included in article 19 of the memorandum of understanding signed between the ICC and the Sudan. Procuring the accused or suspects or getting access to evidence and witnesses require more international cooperation. Until a legal framework is introduced, the form of cooperation and legal compliance will remain shaky because the measures contained in the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide seem to be very primitive. Pending the final ratification of the Rome Statute, the best path forward is to maintain cooperation between the Court and the Sudan, under article 1 of the Rome Statute, on the basis of the complementarity principle.”
2023-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9375 (2023) · source
“The implementation of requests for assistance under paragraph (a) of article 99 of the Rome Statute will be carried out in accordance with the procedure established by national law. I note that according to paragraph 4 of article 93 of the Statute, the Government of the Sudan can refuse to cooperate, fully or partially, when the Court’s request concerns presenting documents or evidence related to our national security. The Government of the Sudan can also declassify such documents, but that takes time. Notwithstanding, the Government of the Sudan does cooperate with the ICC Prosecutor. Ratification of any international conventions must be submitted to the Ministry of Justice for its review.”
2023-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9375 (2023) · source
“I underscore that the extradition of suspects is conducted under a permanent legal framework, rather than a temporary one, as required by the ongoing conditions of the political transfer process, with the challenges noted by the Prosecutor’s report. Furthermore, full cooperation with the ICC also requires that we finalize the ratification of the Rome Statute in accordance with the provisions of Sudanese law, where a request for cooperation requires a statement that indicates the underlying legal basis and specific information on the place of residency and identity of persons. The Government of the Sudan treats the ICC like any other intergovernmental organization, and there are no restrictions on the Court’s communications, movements or activities in the Sudan.”
2023-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9375 (2023) · source
“The memorandum of understanding was signed in consideration of paragraph (a) of article 86 of the Rome Statute, concerning States not party to the Statute, with a view to providing the assistance established in part 9, which requires cooperation with the ICC and the Prosecutor with regard to ICC investigations in the Sudan and the extradition and transfer of suspects for whom arrest warrants were issued. The memorandum of understanding establishes cooperation mechanisms between the two parties, but ensuring that cooperation under national laws involves the legal reform of transitional justice, as noted by certain Council delegations today, as well as the Sudan’s approval to cooperate with the ICC.”
2023-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9375 (2023) · source
“However, following the December 2018 revolution, and specifically in 2021, the Transitional Government was understanding and began to cooperate and coordinate with the Court. The Sudan received an ICC delegation in December 2021. At that point, cooperation with the Court was asserted pending ratification of the Statute, while the Sudan provided facilitations, including agreeing to the obligation to protect witnesses. In response, the ICC delegation commended the Government of the Sudan on its cooperation. In that context, former Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda visited the Sudan, particularly the refugee and internally displaced persons camps in Darfur.”
2023-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9375 (2023) · source
“Mr. Mohamed (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your country’s presidency of the Security Council this month and to thank Mr. Karim Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for the comprehensive briefing he provided today to the Security Council and detailed in his report. We are also grateful to him for his efforts and endeavours, his positive engagement and his commitment to ensuring the implementation of criminal justice for redressing victims and survivors in Darfur. There is a legal basis for cooperation between the Government of the Sudan and the ICC, and that basis must be clarified. As everyone is aware, the Sudan has not yet ratified the Rome Statute of the ICC.”
2023-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9375 (2023) · source
“Most of those crimes have been attributed to forces wearing the uniform of the Rapid Support Forces, according to witness testimony. The unit is documenting those crimes with the aim of ending impunity. The meeting rose at 10.20 a.m.”
2023-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9348 (2023) · source
“We notice that there are attempts to connect the south of Libya with the Darfur region with the aim of moving military vehicles in support of the militia forces. Turning to the Government’s unit to combat violence against women and children, the harassment of women by militia elements has led to a high level of conflict- related sexual violence in Khartoum. No updates have been received on the Darfur region. The militias are carrying out kidnappings and demanding large ransoms. The militias are targeting diplomats and Sudanese Ambassadors who gave statements against them by attacking their homes and looting their properties. The Government’s unit for combating violence against women and children notes an increase in kidnapping and mass gender-based violence in Khartoum, much of it targeting young girls.”
2023-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9348 (2023) · source
“That also included securing all internal and national roads to and from Darfur, which requires that priority be given to peacebuilding operations and providing the necessary support to consolidate them during the upcoming qualitative phase of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in the Sudan. The militia forces are currently besieging the Um Dafoug border region between the Central African Republic and the Sudan. That is happening before the autumn season with the aim to place military vehicles in that region. That is a matter of concern because it will be followed by attacks that target killing people based on their identity. We warn that, if not condemned, such events will threaten security from Khartoum to the Sahel. The international community shall bear the responsibility for being silent about such events.”
2023-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9348 (2023) · source
“To address the situation in El Geneina and West Darfur state, an emergency meeting was held with the Governor of the Darfur region and Governors from other Darfur states. They all visited El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur State, led by the Governor of the region and accompanied by volunteers from medical teams, civil administrations, national organizations and others to check the security and humanitarian situation on the ground and work with state authorities to defuse the crisis, establish security and achieve peace after the bloody events that the state experienced over the past several days. Medicines and shelter supplies located in Port Sudan were sent and distributed via the airports at El Fasher and Nyala to those affected.”
2023-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9348 (2023) · source
“The militia and its allies were storming homes door to door with pre-prepared lists of targets. The crimes committed in Khartoum and Darfur and the targeting and killing of citizens during the ongoing war are now being repeated in the present scenario of killing on the basis of ethnic identity. With regard to civil peace, we ask the United Nations to support efforts to that end. In parallel with the official efforts of the Government of the Sudan, there are other efforts under way by civil society organizations to calm the situation and address the effects of the war. In that context, civilian members of South Darfur state signed a social compact and a community agreement that included 80 tribes, as part of the efforts of the community initiative in the state to stop the war and restore civilian life.”
2023-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9348 (2023) · source
“The refugees who went to Chad did so because of the militia’s planned attacks to depopulate the territory and seize it, in the same manner that the militia did when it violated the sanctity of property and the right to life and placed the population in harsh living conditions. That is a matter that falls under international law. The security vacuum that exacerbated the tribal clashes in Darfur and the other ensuing clashes would not have taken place had the long-standing resolution 1591 (2015) been rescinded, which weakened the Sudanese armed forces and undermined their role in protecting the citizens of Darfur. The militia even targeted the joint force between Chad and the Sudan. Certain tribes were also targeted by the militia, which even prevented the evacuation of the wounded after hospitals had been destroyed.”
2023-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9348 (2023) · source
“Violence, including widespread looting, the burning of homes and public and Government facilities alike, and the destruction of infrastructure, markets, schools, hospitals and drug stores are all crimes committed by the militias. There has also been targeting of military sites of the armed forces in Darfur, as well as airports and bridges in the case of Zalingei and El Geneina. The pattern of militia crimes is repeated at the same pace and targets the destruction of the Sudanese State in collusion with parties who will be revealed at a later time. This element must be referred to in United Nations reports, because neutrality in the face of crimes amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity is tantamount to encouraging the continuation of such crimes.”
2023-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9348 (2023) · source
“We believe that the lack of financial support and the failure to fulfil pledges by the international community in support of the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of combatants from armed movements and the parties to the Juba Peace Agreement have also affected the implementation of the Agreement in a satisfactory manner. The presence of heavily armed rebel forces in the Darfur region is also a cause for concern. It has been proven that foreign elements participated with militia fighters, some of whom openly took videos during their participation in the fighting, including of advanced smart weapons, which were then leaked to the Taiba camp of the militia forces and were found in underground fortified containers.”
2023-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9348 (2023) · source
“We stress the need to exert maximum pressure on the rebel forces and the militias allied with them in order to stop their crimes and aggression, oblige them to facilitate humanitarian pathways, avoid exposing humanitarian workers to danger and withdraw their military presence from residential areas. I turn next to the status of resolution 1591 (2005). We have told the Council on previous occasions that, because of the arms embargo imposed on the armed forces, resolution 1591 (2015) has contributed to weakening the prestige and presence of the State in Darfur and its ability to maintain security and protect civilians. That has tipped the balance in favour of armed groups and restricted the Government’s efforts to maintain security.”
2023-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9348 (2023) · source
“Abkar represented one of the signatories to the Juba Peace Agreement. Like other signatories, he maintained a neutral position. May God have mercy on his soul. The Sudanese Government underscores its commitment to facilitate the entry and movement of humanitarian workers, grant them the necessary entry visas and permits and ensure their safety to perform their humanitarian tasks as required. The Government will also continue to facilitate the procedures for the entry of aid from ports and airports, including the possibility of transporting and distributing it in accordance with a map of needs for all states affected by the crisis.”
2023-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9348 (2023) · source
“In that regard, we express our thanks and appreciation to all sisterly and friendly countries, international, regional, governmental and non-governmental organizations, as well as local and foreign civil society organizations, that responded to the humanitarian appeal launched by the Government of the Sudan and contributed to the provision of urgently needed assistance, which had a significant impact on alleviating the humanitarian crisis and responding to the urgent situation. However, more is needed, particularly in the West Darfur state, which experienced major events. I regret to inform the Council that the militias backed by the Rapid Support Forces yesterday arrested the Governor of West Darfur state, Mr. Khamis Abdullah Abkar, and subsequently brutally killed him. It is worth mentioning that Mr.”
2023-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9348 (2023) · source
“Attacks by the militia rebelling against the armed forces and attacks by other militias affiliated with it against the population of the states of Darfur, particularly in the city of El Geneina, capital of West Darfur state, have created a terrible humanitarian situation, whereby civilians are targeted based on their identity and the critical infrastructure for providing basic services has been destroyed. That situation requires an urgent humanitarian response.”
2023-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9348 (2023) · source
“With regard to the humanitarian situation in the Darfur region, large quantities of humanitarian and health assistance have been distributed by the World Food Programme — in areas of Central Darfur, North and West Jebel Marra, Mukjar, Um Dukhan, Wadi Saleh and Zalingei; in areas of South Darfur in Nyala, Kas, Gereida and Balil; and in areas South Kordofan in Abu Jubaiha, Abukarshola, Delami, Dillang, Liri, Qadir, Kadugli, Rashad and Talodi. In Central Darfur, 101,617 have beneficiaries received humanitarian assistance, as well as 33,120 in East Darfur, 134,946 in North Darfur and 89,769 in South Darfur. I turn now to the current humanitarian situation in Central, West and East Darfur, namely, the El Geneina- Zalingei-Nyala triangle.”
2023-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9348 (2023) · source
“As for the Ethiopian border, security is stable and there is no indication that that Ethiopia’s national security has been affected by the events. Ethiopia opened its doors to receive refugees, and a small number of them have arrived there. Some delegations in the Council pointed out at a previous meeting that relations between the Sudan and South Sudan could deteriorate due to the return of southern refugees. But that did not happen. The information we have received about the situation of South Sudanese refugees in the Jabalain border area is as follows. More than 365,000 refugees were hosted, including about 122,000 who arrived in the region from Khartoum after the recent clashes and settled in local camps, according to the latest official statistics released on 10 May.”
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“With regard to the situation of Sudanese refugees in Chad, specifically in the camps at Wadi Sila and Wadi Fira, the Chadian Government has underscored its solidarity with the Sudan, where 113,000 Sudanese refugees fled their homes after violations committed by the Rapid Support Forces and are being welcomed by local communities. The returnees include 25,000 people, most of whom are women and children. As for the Sudan’s north-west border, supplies are being provided in support of the rebel forces. The border with the Central African Republic is open and calm, but there are efforts by the rebels to exploit that, as I will explain later. Our borders with the Arab Republic of Egypt are also open and calm. Egypt welcomed thousands of our citizens after the recent events, and we thank the Egyptian leadership and for that.”
2023-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9348 (2023) · source
“There are attempts to smuggle high-quality weapons, such as anti-aircraft missiles, to support the insurgency, but the Sudanese security forces are keeping a close eye on that. Most countries have positively committed themselves to neutrality, especially since Chad closed its borders to prevent rebel forces from infiltrating into its territories, arrested those who succeeded in penetrating and notified the Sudan of that. There are reports of some Chadian opposition factions being involved with the rebel forces. We thank the Chadian Government for its cooperation in that area.”
2023-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9348 (2023) · source
“Mr. Mohamed (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Madam President, on your country’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the current month and to thank the Deputy Chair of the Sanctions Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) for her quarterly briefing. Resolution 1591 (2015) is limited to the Darfur region. However, the regional impact of events has led to the influx of displaced persons. Accordingly, we would like to note the following. The Sudan’s relations with its neighbours have not been affected by the humanitarian situation, although military clashes necessarily have negative effects. The Sudan has not received notification that displaced persons and refugees who have reached the borders of certain countries have caused a national security breach.”
2023-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9348 (2023) · source