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first: 2009-10-14
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“Badr Airlines, in Port Sudan, has announced flights to Cairo, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, with continued aviation activity in the airports of Port Sudan and Wadi Seidna. Turkish Airlines also submitted an aviation authorization request to connect the Sudan with other countries through Port Sudan. Bus transportation continued from Khartoum to Port Sudan and from Khartoum to the cities of Ad-Damazin, Kosti, Sennar and as far as the cities of Rabak and Al-Jabalayn, close to South Sudan. The process of exporting cattle from western Sudan aboard two ships to Saudi Arabia was finalized. Banks have begun restoring their activities in most cities, with the Central Bank branches overseeing such activities in the states of the Sudan.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“With regard to the protection of civilians and missions, the Government had taken all necessary measures, including providing additional protection for the Head of the Mission and senior staff, but attacks by the militia were deliberate. With regard to mobilizing resources and supporting economic growth, we have been dealing with the military component since 25 October 2021, with donors withholding their resources because of the current political situation. Finally, daily life has started to return to normal in Omdurman. Transportation has restarted, but risks remain, with some insurgent militia elements becoming entrenched in various homes that were forcefully taken from their owners in the neighbourhoods of Al-Hashmab, Al-Abassiya and Al-Umara.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“The Government is doing what is necessary so as to enable humanitarian work through a high national committee, led by the Minister of Social Solidarity, as well as dedicated staff from Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other institutions in Port Sudan in order to facilitate arrangements. The Mission also did not make any concrete effort to implement the Sudan Liberation Forces’ projects in Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan states. Its approach in communicating with the various political parties was unbalanced, which weakens gains made in workshops it organized in the field of democracy and sustained peace. This shortcoming was due to flaws in approach and implementation and not being sensitive to local environment capacities, which undermined urgent national ownership priorities.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“It only occurred because the other side violated the ceasefire and opened the doors of the prison — as attested by prisoners themselves — to let them out. The reason for that was not the lack of food in prisons, but rather the attack on police by the militia in Kober and Al-Huda prisons, which led convicted criminals to return to society and make it more dangerous. With regard to the new visas, the evacuation of United Nations personnel due to the dangerous work environment and the killing of some staff security is sufficient justification for our caution in issuing new visas — in order to ensure that we can guarantee their safety.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“We note that the Head of the Mission sent messages that led to a negative impact, such as the short period granted to integrate the Rapid Support Forces into the Sudanese Armed Forces — five years. Accordingly, some political factions tended to be inflexible and made statements involving limited options and threatening war. That includes some statements made by leaders of the Central Council. With regard to commending some resistance committees that provided services for those displaced from Khartoum, the report does not mention the assistance of local residents. Despite the role of the insurgent militias in attacking persons and infrastructure, many have not deplored or condemned them. That is not true for the Sudanese Armed Forces, which have been blamed and denounced. The lack of compliance with the previous truces was not intentional.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“We reiterate that there is a shortfall with regard to the provision of resources for the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes. Mission reports have always blamed the Sudan, however, the financial assistance pledged by donors and international actors has not been provided. Finally, efforts must be made to rebuild and to rehabilitate the service sector. I have some remarks regarding the report. I note that the report failed to mention who began the conflict — the rebel forces. Regarding the progress of the political process, as indicated in the report, the report was far from the truth, given that the manner the process evolved was one of the elements that complicated the political scene, due to the lack of neutrality and transparency.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“Thirdly, youth capacity-building and skills must be enhanced. The role of youth in contributing to a political settlement, leading the transformation and building a civilian project by assisting vulnerable groups to benefit from the Government economic plan must also be strengthened. Fourthly, women and girls must participate more in the peacebuilding process. Fifthly, initiatives must continue to support the capacity to sustain peace and build resilience, to coordinate humanitarian efforts, to enhance social reconciliation, to build trust among sectors of local communities and to promote the role of youth and women in peacebuilding. Sixthly, resources must be mobilized to achieve social and economic integration for internally displaced persons. We must also mobilize international support in order to meet development needs.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“It is an integrated mission called upon to assist during the transition in the Sudan, pursuant to Chapter VI of the Charter of the United Nations. Peacemaking is not only linked to the political-demographic track It involves renewed communication with donors to go beyond the provision of basic humanitarian support to increase resources. We hope that the new Resident Coordinator, Ms. Clementine Nkweta-Salami, will work towards that end and make positive progress through re-engagement with donors. We hope that priority will be given to the following areas. First, there must be peacebuilding through development assistance. Secondly, once the conflict ends, there must be reconstruction by providing technical advice for the implementation of integration, disarmament and demobilization programmes.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“However, no one has verified that there has been an impact on regional security. As for the regional efforts of the IGAD and the African Union (AU), we support the AU 2063 Agenda, in particular its Silencing the Guns in Africa by 2030 initiative, for States that have recently emerged from long-term conflict, in order to achieve resilience and restore calm, peace and all aspects of the post-conflict reconstruction and development agenda. We look forward to the fulfilment of the role of IGAD and the trilateral mechanisms, including that of Presidents Museveni, Mayardit and Guelleh. The Sudan will participate in the IGAD summit in Djibouti on 12 June. Since most delegations have addressed the role of UNITAMS, I would like to mention that the Mission was voluntarily requested by the Sudan, and the Security Council established it in 2020.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“These persons represent 95 per cent of the those crossing the border with electronic visas; only 2 per cent of those who reached Ethiopia came with a tourist visa allowing them to remain there for a month. Most of the people who have left the country are businesspersons and rich individuals who reside in hotels in Addis Ababa. In Egypt, the Egyptian representative verified to me that there are no camps for refugees and that the Sudanese residing in Egypt are there as citizens, not refugees. We thank the Egyptian Government for hosting them and ask the international community to support those Sudanese persons because they number more than 90,000 persons. I have asked the States of neighbouring countries to provide a response to the negative regional impact of the armed conflict in the Sudan.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“They therefore must be granted priority, so they can receive humanitarian support. It is worth mentioning that the number of Sudanese who have reached Ethiopia through the Gallabat crossing, intending to travel to Ethiopia or other places has, as of 18 May, reached 3,568 persons, including only 30 registered refugees. The number of Sudanese persons who have registered as asylum-seekers since 12 May is only about a hundred persons, and before 18 May, they numbered only 60 refugees. Most of the Sudanese who have left the country through the Gallabat crossing have not sought asylum in Ethiopia, as their destination are the Gulf States or Egypt.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“For those who have referred to such persons as internally displaced persons, describing them as such does not grant a special legal status to persons who are actually internally displaced; as long as they remain within their country’s borders, they remain citizens and cannot be classified as internally displaced persons. Nevertheless, the thousands of Sudanese all over the Sudan who have sought refuge with their families inside the borders do require urgent assistance and relief. As for the large numbers of persons who have crossed the borders to neighbouring countries as afflicted persons, they are suffering difficult circumstances in Egypt, Ethiopia, Chad and South Sudan. Many of them have not been registered as refugees and do not have personal resources.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“Pursuant to the guidelines on internal displacement, the internally displaced are persons who have been forced to abandon their homes or regular places of residence to avoid armed conflict, widespread violence, natural disasters or human rights violations, but have not crossed international borders. That is why there are no camps in Khartoum, its suburbs or in the various cities for persons who have left Khartoum and returned to their families living elsewhere. This is one of the advantages of the well-known solidarity among people in the Sudan.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“Under the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is a person outside his or her country of citizenship who, for reasons of persecution — on the basis of race, religion, nationality or membership in a certain social or political group — is unable or unwilling to avail himself or herself of the protection of that country or is unwilling to return to the country. It is true that modern regional refugee instruments have expanded the definition of refugees to include foreign aggression, occupation, foreign hegemony, public disorder and internal conflict, but in this case, there are no large numbers of refugees in Egypt, Eritrea or Chad, and the Sudanese who have fled there have not been classified as such.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“Urgent visits to El Geneina and meetings with volunteers health workers and different civilian representatives took place in order to address the situation on the ground and, in cooperation with State authorities, de-escalate the situation and achieve peace after the bloody events in the area in the recent period. In addition, supplies and medicine have been provided from Port Sudan to be distributed among the affected, and all internal roads have been secured to and from Darfur. On the negative implications for the region, there is a conceptual misunderstanding with regard to the classification of the Sudanese who have fled to neighbouring countries in recent days, using the terms refugees and internally displaced persons. This is not a denial; rather, I seek to establish the facts.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“On building peace, in parallel with the official efforts of the UNITAMS and the Government, steps have been undertaken by civil society to build peace and reconcile society. To that end, civilian components in South Darfur have signed a document calling for the end of the war and the restoration of civilian life. The signatories included 80 tribes, which is germane to our discussion, given that speakers today have mentioned that the ethnic impact of the conflict is clearly growing. With regard to the situation in El Geneina, West Darfur, an emergency meeting was held, with the Governor of Darfur in attendance.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“Sulaima Ishaq Mohamed Al-Khalifa, Director of the Combating Violence against Women unit, which denounced the systematic crimes perpetrated by the rebel militias. Are these not considered by the Security Council crimes of aggression? The destruction of the capital of the country , other cities, public roads, airports and different civilian centres, as well as vital infrastructure and strategic facilities creates a situation of chaos and leads to the collapse of the State. We therefore call on the international community and the Security Council to condemn in the strongest of terms these unprecedented acts of aggression crimes against the State, diplomatic missions and international organizations.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“Other crimes can be categorized under cultural-historical erasing: militias have looted different museums — of the judiciary, of the army and the National Museum, they have vandalized multiple universities, including the Universities of Al-Ahfad and Omdurman, and they have destroyed national monuments. The militias have also committed rape, thereby sabotaging the honour of our citizens. They have also detained civilians, including women and children, and destroyed millions of vaccines for children. They have targeted civilian objects, houses of worship, including mosques, and five churches, transforming them into military sites. Moreover, we refer the Council to the statement made recently by Ms.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“In addition, gunfire has erupted against residences of ambassadors and other members of diplomatic missions, whose vehicles have been looted or destroyed. Surveillance cameras have also been destroyed and the rebel forces are now positioned directly around those diplomatic premises. Crimes have also been committed against governmental agencies and protection caravans. Court and tribunal registries have been stolen. Land-ownership registries at Land Office have been destroyed or stolen, in order to establish the militia’s ownership of the buildings they have occupied in carefully selected residential neighbourhoods.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“Diplomatic missions and residences have been attacked. Systemic looting has targeted diplomatic missions to sabotage the Sudan’s relations with the world. Between 16 April and 1 May, our Ministry of Interior, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, military and security services, and Civil Aviation Authority received close to 50 reports of criminal attacks on the following diplomatic missions, in chronological order: the United States of America, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, the European Union, Kuwait, Djibouti, India, Republic of Korea, Switzerland, the Russian Federation, Ethiopia, Yemen, Syria, Spain, the Niger, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands, Morocco, Libya, the Sultanate of Oman, Canada, Zimbabwe, Iraq, Bulgaria, Malaysia, Egypt — in whose embassy an administrative attaché was assassinated — Chad, the Congo, Qatar and Uganda.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“Small numbers of militia attacked the town of Rahad, to the east of El Obeid city, and they burned a police station and a local market with the intention to loot and vandalize. Fourthly, despite the fact that those violations have been addressed neutrally in the report of the Secretary- General, we would like to provide examples of the systemic crimes committed by the insurgent militias to destroy our economic order and erase institutional and collective memory. They have looted 27 banks, 16 factories, 32 companies, businesses, mobile and jewellery stores, various warehouses and food centres, pharmacies and research centres. They have looted markets in Khartoum, Omdurman and Khartoum Bahri, leading to losses in the billions of dollars. As a result, close to 150,000 citizens are now unemployed.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“We have prevented the insurgent militias from receiving assistance from across the borders. The Sudanese Armed Forces have used carefully targeted weapons with limited impact. However, the insurgent militias are seeking to receive additional resources from within the Sudan and abroad. That makes it imperative for the Sudanese Armed Forces, despite the agreements, to continue monitoring entry points. The militias have attacked El Obeid city twice and have sought to use the airport to receive foreign assistance. However, we have successfully thwarted their attempts without civilian losses. They tried to attack the army headquarters in the city of Nyala, but that was easily defended.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“Thirdly, with a view to addressing the aggression and protecting civilians, based on our constitutional responsibility to protect our national security, we have exercised restraint and committed to upholding the norms of war to minimize losses. That has been demonstrated through the signing of the Jeddah declaration and the new agreement to implement a temporary ceasefire. Moreover, we have responded to the repeated calls for a ceasefire, which led to the current agreement. The Sudanese Armed Forces have been able to largely contain the aggression targeting the Sudanese State. We have exercised restraint and committed to upholding the norms and have contained the area of the conflict to a narrow area and to prevent the enemy from achieving strategic gains.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“Martin Griffiths to the Sudan to support the humanitarian work, and the Sudanese Humanitarian Aid Commission has coordinated with international actors and is currently managing relief operations and providing support to affected persons. The Commission has also affirmed that it is ready to remove impediments facing humanitarian agencies. We are coordinating with all parties to chart the safe corridors through which assistance will be distributed to affected persons, hospitals and medical centres. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the friendly States that have provided support and humanitarian assistance to the affected people in the Sudan, including the United Nations.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“As a result of the humanitarian situation, the Government of the Sudan has launched an initiative and has called on the international community, United Nations agencies and relevant regional organizations, as well as donors, to provide humanitarian assistance. The Government has committed Port Sudan and the airports of Dongola, Port Sudan and Wadi Seidna to receiving assistance, with distribution carried out by United Nations agencies and national organizations, as per the work of the Sudanese Humanitarian Aid Commission and as per humanitarian principles which emphasize neutrality and integrity in humanitarian activities. The Government facilitated the visit of Under- Secretary-General Mr.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“Secondly, with regard to the monitoring and coordination mechanism, the Government of the Sudan agreed that the mechanism will include three representatives from Saudi Arabia and the United States and three representatives from every party with liaison officers in order to implement the short-term ceasefire and facilitate the humanitarian arrangements. The humanitarian actors in the Sudan, such as the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the ICRC, may communicate with the mechanism concerning issues of violations of the ceasefire or risks humanitarian workers are facing. Accordingly, there will be coordination to guarantee the protection of civilians and protect freedom of movement, while respecting the principles of humanitarian work.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“For its part, the Sudanese Government will commit to the principles of the Jeddah declaration that complements this agreement, while respecting international humanitarian law and human rights, and will ensure the conditions for the provision of urgent assistance and access to humanitarian agencies without impediments and will guarantee the protection of humanitarian workers and cooperate with the International Commission for the Red Cross (ICRC) with regard to detainees and prisoners during the conflict, in accordance with its sovereignty.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“The scope of the agreement includes all of the Sudan and seeks to bring to an end to the hostilities and the targeting of civilian and humanitarian aircraft and to prevent weapons from being received from foreign sources and to bring to an end boarding and quartering in civilian residences, military build-up, the demolition and destruction of civilian infrastructure and all acts of looting and vandalizing. The agreement addresses, in a practical way, the humanitarian concerns and ensures access for humanitarian assistance in the following manner.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“The agreement, facilitated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States of America, strengthens the Jeddah declaration, signed on 11 May, and its primary purpose is to protect civilians and to curb the impact of the war on civilians, to promote compliance with international humanitarian law and respect for human rights, ensure access to humanitarian assistance and restore basic services. The agreement commits the other party to evacuate and to not to capture territories and to protect public facilities, in particular hospitals, medical facilities, power plants and water infrastructure. It also establishes a defined monitoring mechanism for coordination to oversee the implementation of the agreement and update it.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“I welcome the new Resident Coordinator, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, and I pray for mercy for the spirits of the fallen during the clashes. This statement is divided into three parts: the truce, ceasefire and humanitarian assistance. I will first address the humanitarian situation. Thankfully, the agreement on a short-term ceasefire and humanitarian arrangements was signed between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces on 20 May with a view to ending the armed clashes. It may be renewed and could lead to a permanent ceasefire. It will remain in effect for a week, starting today.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“Mr. Mohamed (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): I would like to thank Mr. Volker Perthes, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Sudan and Head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in the Sudan (UNITAMS), for his comprehensive briefing. We have taken note of the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in the Sudan and the activities of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in the Sudan (UNITAMS) (S/2023/355). I also thank Mr. Bankole Adeoye, African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security; and Mr. Workneh Gebeyehu, Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD). I also thank Ambassador Pedro Comissário Afonso for the statement he delivered on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council.”
2023-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9326 (2023) · source
“The situation at the Khartoum airport did indeed affect the arrival of all three leaders, but three deputies of those leaders were then scheduled to meet with the Sudanese authorities. We are now ready to meet with any delegation from IGAD or the AU. As I said previously, we are a full- fledged partner of the AU, and the Sudan should be invited to all meetings held by the AU Peace and Security Council. I would like to thank you, Madam President, and all the speakers who made moderate statements today. I am also grateful for your concern about the situation in the Sudan. We stand ready to cooperate with all who are helping the Sudan and providing relief efforts. We are ready to listen to all members in hopes that their efforts can help to contain the current situation.”
2023-05-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9318 (2023) · source
“Besides that, a high-level Ambassador, an Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs and a presidential envoy, has been appointed and is conducting shuttle-diplomacy visits to the IGAD region and East Africa. He met yesterday with the authorities of South Sudan, having met previously with authorities in Djibouti, and is now on his way to meet with the Kenyan authorities to promote Africa’s role. The political leadership of the Sudan welcomes the role of the African Union and all other initiatives. Let us not forget that the Sudan is also a member of the League of Arab States. The Sudan will not ignore any positive initiatives. However, we support the African initiative and the efforts of IGAD, of which the Sudan is the current Chair, which is why we are now trying to clear the air around that initiative.”
2023-05-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9318 (2023) · source
“We therefore stress our readiness for full cooperation with the United Nations, as well as all humanitarian relief operations, and for the opening and oversight of humanitarian corridors and protection for relief workers by the Sudanese Armed Forces, which are highly and professionally trained in that area. We also reiterate that we positively acknowledge the African initiative put forward by IGAD and the African Union. However, we note that the AU did not invite representatives of the Sudan to attend the meeting held in Addis Ababa, which left my country unable to voice its opinion. We wanted an exception to be made to invite the Sudanese delegation so that we could voice our opinion and forge ahead with the mediation efforts led and sponsored by the AU and IGAD.”
2023-05-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9318 (2023) · source
“We call for supporting and strengthening the existing joint mechanisms between the Sudan and South Sudan and for promoting the community administration until we agree on Abyei’s final status. Some members have talked about the current situation in the Sudan. We spoke at length about the issue in Security Council meetings last week. We want to stress that the situation in Abyei will not be affected by the current conflict in the Sudan and that has been underscored in recent meetings with representatives of both countries. We also stress that the Sudan is committed to a peaceful solution to the current conflict, which was started by a rebel group against the Sudanese Armed Forces. We want to emphasize the capacity of the Sudanese Armed Forces to maintain order in the Sudan and in Khartoum in particular.”
2023-05-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9318 (2023) · source
“We reiterate that the Government of the Sudan is committed to improving its cooperation with the Government of South Sudan in order to strengthen the work of the joint political and security mechanism and the Abyei Joint Oversight Committee, as well as to ensure the establishment of joint mechanisms between the two countries according to the provisions of their signed agreements, with a view to reaching a solution to all final status issues in Abyei based on the terms of reference agreed between both parties. The Sudan maintains, as the penholder stressed previously, that UNISFA’s status should remain unchanged for the one-year extension of its mandate. UNISFA’s mandate is therefore temporary, with very specific security tasks.”
2023-05-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9318 (2023) · source
“That was addressed during our discussion of the extension of the UNISFA mandate last year. However, we note that the mission’s efforts in unifying and providing logistic and technical support to community police were unequally distributed in the three areas of Abyei. There is a need for balanced attention by the mission to all three areas, and we commend its efforts to ensure peace and security in Abyei. We also noted an imbalance in the activities of the mission with regard to support for stability, peacebuilding and the provision of water and education. The Secretary-General’s report attributed the shortcomings in the provision of those services to the absence of Government institutions. In that regard, we stress the importance of establishing a joint administrative committee in accordance with the 2011 agreement.”
2023-05-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9318 (2023) · source
“We believe that greater attention should be given to vocational training for youth, as well as to supporting veterinary services and improving our qualitative capacities for women and girls with a view to contributing to sustainable peace efforts and raising awareness among people working in the animal production sector. We stress the importance of activities related to peaceful coexistence, with the goal of bolstering stability among the Abyei communities and building local coordination mechanisms, with the support of civil society and the civilian administration. The Secretary-General’s report also refers to the presence of the Sudanese police in Diffra, the aim of which is to secure oil-production facilities and avoid insecure conditions that hinder the movement of technical teams within those facilities.”
2023-05-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9318 (2023) · source
“At the time when the Sudan stresses and maintains the importance of peace and stability and security in Abyei, we underscore the importance of refraining from all unilateral measures that threaten stability in the UNISFA area of operations. We also stress that Abyei should remain free of military manifestations and maintain a demilitarized buffer zone north and south of the zero line. Pursuant to the agreements signed by both countries, we call upon UNISFA to implement, expand and increase quick-impact projects, as they will positively impact the lives of people in Abyei, especially in the fields of ensuring education, health and potable water and maintaining security and order. We fully commend the Secretary-General’s focus, in his report, on young people.”
2023-05-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9318 (2023) · source
“We also stress the importance of border demarcation, non-infringement and non-transgression on lands and non-alteration of the demographic status quo. In that regard, the conflict between the Ngok Dinka and Twic Dinka has impacted the overall humanitarian and political situation in Abyei. In addition, the proliferation of weapons, the repeated attacks and the spread of crime require law enforcement and justice institutions to put an end to insecurity and crime and to hold the perpetrators accountable. They also require the establishment of joint mechanisms, especially the joint police, in keeping with the 2011 agreement.”
2023-05-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9318 (2023) · source
“However, stability in Abyei is definitely a goal of the Sudanese leadership, as the Government of the Sudan is committed to build on the bilateral relations between the two fraternal neighbourly countries in order to promote peaceful and communal coexistence in the Area and to accelerate consensus on the final status of Abyei. In that regard, I would like to touch upon the following points. First of all, the Government of the Sudan depends substantially on the amicable relations between the Sudan and South Sudan, as we are two spiritual fraternal countries, and we have to build on the positive momentum of those relations to solve the situation in Abyei, including by establishing interim administrative and security mechanisms, as provided for in the agreement of 20 June 2011, signed by both parties.”
2023-05-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9318 (2023) · source
“Major General Benjamin Sawyerr, UNISFA’s acting Head of Mission and Force Commander, presented a review of the security situation in Abyei, which included a number of recommendations. Both parties hailed the report and promised, during their meetings, to address the elements contained therein. They also agreed to hold the third round of the high-level committees in Juba, at a date to be set by both parties. This rapprochement positively impacts the situation in Abyei, which runs counter to the doubts raised by certain representatives, who maintain that the current situation will undermine the rapprochement and, in turn, harm the situation in Abyei.”
2023-05-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9318 (2023) · source
“The rapprochement between the two countries is also evident in the second round of the high- level committee between both countries in Khartoum, upon the invitation of the Sudan, as they met last month, with the participation of the United Nations, the African Union (AU) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD). Both parties addressed all issues of common interest, with due consideration to the needs of communities in the Abyei Area, including humanitarian assistance and the necessary development for delivering humanitarian assistance and services and creating development projects such as hospitals, schools and roads. Those projects must be jointly undertaken by both parties, with help from the international community and the United Nations in order to achieve the final status of Abyei.”
2023-05-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9318 (2023) · source
“That is manifest in the successful visit of the Chairperson of the Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, to Juba in January, where we agreed with the President of South Sudan, Mr. Salva Kiir Mayardit, on the deployment of joint forces on the borders in order to strengthen security and stability, prevent the infiltration of illegal weapons, combat negative forces on the joined borders and operationalize and revive joint engagement mechanisms between the two fraternal countries. Among the most important results of this meeting is the call for the Abyei joint mechanisms to redouble efforts in order to define the final status of the Area and to promote economic development and social cooperation.”
2023-05-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9318 (2023) · source
“Mr. Mohamed (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Madam President, for assuming the presidency of the Security Council during this month of April. We would like to thank Ms. Martha Pobee, Assistant Secretary- General for Africa, for her valuable briefing on the implementation of the mandate of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA). We also wish to thank Ms. Hanna Tetteh, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Horn of Africa, for her briefing and for her personal interest in the developments in the Sudan. In that regard, we take note of the Secretary-General’s report on the situation in Abyei (S/2023/305). Bilateral relations between the Sudan and South Sudan have steadily improved.”
2023-05-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9318 (2023) · source
“Despite everything that I have just mentioned, the Sudan still has a united Government that is shouldering its responsibilities for carrying out its functions. It did not declare a state of emergency, and what took place has not spilled over in the region. The Sudan will overcome the difficult situation it is currently dealing with. We hope that the repercussions of the rebellion will go no further, and we call on the Council to understand the exceptionally urgent situation and enable us to take the time we need to make the progress necessary to return the Sudan to a better place and restore hope in meeting the aspirations of the revolution, which are freedom, peace and justice.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9310 (2023) · source
“Alongside the Government’s current adherence to the truce for another three days, the competent authorities in the Sudan are sparing no effort to improve the humanitarian situation by providing assistance to the people affected, restoring and improving basic services such as health care, electricity, drinking water and security. I want to take this opportunity to thank the friendly and brotherly States that have taken the initiative to provide humanitarian assistance to the Sudanese people through bilateral engagement with the relevant authorities, and especially to thank the United Arab Emirates, which has provided $15 million in support to the humanitarian operations. In conclusion, I do not need physical evidence to prove the scope of the damage and suffering caused by the rebellion and its devastating consequences.”
2023-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9310 (2023) · source
“Some parties tried to include in the reintegration process inputs that were not relevant to the armed forces, thereby undermining the principle of national ownership based on the traditions of the Sudanese army and its well-known contributions to peacekeeping operations since the 1960s within United Nations missions. The fighting has led to a deterioration of the humanitarian situation in some cities, forcing a large number of civilians to flee their homes and seek more secure areas and cities in the Sudan, and negatively affecting living conditions in general. The areas affected are currently suffering from food shortages and insecurity caused by the rebel forces’ hostilities and a lack of health care, electricity and drinking water.”
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“We should ensure that the Sudan is given the opportunity to renew hope in collaboration with regional mediators. We should not be forced to deal with the emerging national security threats alone or cope with the boycott that certain parties seek to impose. We would rather see the possibility of interactive and positive engagement with the United Nations forum, which can in turn strengthen our ability to adapt to and cope with the most difficult circumstances. We would not be seeing the recent events if the international community had honoured its commitments and provided the financial support needed to finalize the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration process in Darfur, which is an example from which we can learn. The peacebuilding process was short-sighted.”
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“I call on the Council to strike a balance between the Sudan’s current situation, which cannot be described as civil war or widespread hostilities, given its commitment to the renewed and extended humanitarian truce and the armed forces’ determination to ensure the evacuation of all accredited diplomatic and United Nations international personnel, on the one hand, and the Security Council’s responsibilities for maintaining international peace and security, on the other. In that regard, the Security Council is represented by the African Union Peace and Security Council and IGAD, which are also experienced in conflict resolution as envisaged in the Charter, which defines the role of regional organizations in such circumstances, especially in view of the African Union’s adoption of the principle of African solutions to African problems.”
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