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  1. “In that regard, we must commend the State of Kuwait, which recently hosted a conference on the reconstruction of Eastern Sudan, as well as the countries and organizations that participated. We also wish to thank all the donors that made pledges that exceeded $3 billion to support construction projects in Eastern Sudan. This is a model of regional, bilateral and international cooperation that should be adopted in similar situations. I wish to reiterate my gratitude for the initiative to convene this meeting. I hope that our deliberations today will help both parties to address the pending issues in a peaceful and seamless manner that satisfies the requirements for peaceful coexistence, integration and communication between Northern and Southern Sudan, whether the choice is made for unity or secession.”

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  2. “The strategy places priority on providing justice and combating impunity in Darfur through all possible forums and mechanisms, including national reconciliation and compensation. Another goal of the strategy is to restructure humanitarian operations, given that humanitarian relief is a temporary solution and should not constitute a final settlement or become a way of life. The State has provided large sums of money to support the strategy in order to develop the infrastructure of Darfur. Those resources will serve encourage donors and attract regional and international support to realize the strategy's goals. Before I conclude, allow me to mention that the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement is steadily moving forward.”

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  3. “As part of those efforts to strengthen security, stability and development in Darfur, on 16 September, the Government adopted a comprehensive integrated strategy for peace and stability in Darfur, of which the Council was duly informed. We are working to implement it in coordination with UNAMID, international partners and the African Union High- Level Implementation Panel. The strategy represents a parallel national effort that is intended to complement, not replace, the Doha forum. One of its goals is to achieve a comprehensive political settlement and to strengthen security through preventive measures in coordination with UNAMID. It also aims to implement short- and long-term development projects to lay the necessary groundwork for displaced persons to voluntarily return to their homes and resume normal lives.”

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  4. “Despite all that, the humanitarian situation is considerably stable. We are cooperating fully with our brothers from specialized United Nations programmes and agencies in order to deliver assistance to those who need it in Darfur. In that context, we must also refer to the coordination between the Government of the Sudan and UNAMID, undertaken through the Tripartite Mechanism, which includes the Government of the Sudan, the United Nations and the African Union. That coordination has led to improvements in the deployment of UNAMID which, although it has not reached its full capacity, has greatly improved the security situation, facilitated the delivery of humanitarian assistance and served to reassure those civilians who opted to return to their homes through voluntary repatriation programmes.”

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  5. “We must note that the security situation in Darfur has seen noticeable progress in terms of stability, security and the humanitarian aspect, despite some violations and irresponsible military actions, the abduction of and attacks against humanitarian workers and some members of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). These robberies and provocative, disruptive acts have forced the Sudanese Armed Forces to intervene to put an end to some of these violations, which targeted innocent civilians and imposed fines on them. We must also note that some rebel movements recently moved some of their forces to Southern Sudan. We have informed our partners of this and are ready to work together to ensure that such acts are stopped so that the relationship between the parties will not be affected.”

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  6. “We hope that the Security Council will take more robust and firm action against the leaders of some of the rebel movements that continue to espouse the military option and to reject the political settlement, especially as set out in resolution 1679 (2006), in which the Council affirmed its willingness to take firm and effective measures against all those who work to obstruct peace. Four years have passed since the adoption of that resolution, and the Council has yet to send a strong message to those who refuse to renounce war and join the peace process in Doha. We heard just now, in the presidential statement (S/PRST/2010/28), encouraging signals that we hope will be a step in the right direction.”

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  7. “At this time and in this Chamber, we wish to express our deep gratitude to Qatar and to commend the Joint African Union-United Nations Chief Mediator for Darfur, Mr. Djibrill Bassole. We hope that, during this month, we will reach a comprehensive framework agreement for peace in Darfur that will be open for signature to all the other movements when they accept peace and renounce war. We also thank all the countries of the region that have supported that mediation effort.”

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  8. “We sacrificed so much for the Agreement, and it is therefore incumbent on us to preserve it as an achievement of which we are proud, as it put an end to war and conflict between the people of my country. In addition, we must seek to fulfil all the provisions of the Agreement in a way that will realize its main objectives. Regarding the situation in Darfur, 1 would like to assure the Council that the Government of the Sudan, which considers a comprehensive political settlement to be its main strategic objective, continues to insist on continuing the negotiating process in order to achieve peace and stability for all parties. The Council has followed the position of the Government throughout all the negotiating rounds taking place in Doha, Qatar.”

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  9. “However, given the importance and delicacy of the current stage of negotiations and the complicated, interrelated and cross-cutting nature of the issues, a role must be played by influential countries, the international partners and the international community, in particular the Security Council, in order to build confidence between the parties and not sow seeds of suspicion and doubt between them. The Comprehensive Peace Agreement was indeed a historic achievement. It was not an easy achievement, and we should not squander it today in its final stages of implementation. We recall the difficult negotiations and the patience, dedication and wisdom that led us to accept the right of the people of Southern Sudan to self-determination.”

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  10. “The salient feature of that agreement is to ensure that there is no return to war but that other strategic options are adopted to strengthen confidence and lay a solid foundation for optimal relations between the North and the South, as determined by the common factors that bring them together irrespective of the result of the referendum. Mr. Le Roy's comments regarding the protection of the oil-producing areas by joint units indicate that we are indeed moving in the right direction. We firmly believe that the Comprehensive Peace Agreement is the primary responsibility of the two parties.”

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  11. “At these meetings, we have discussed several issues in detail and made several proposals aimed at resolving these issues. We have also continued our efforts with our partners in the SPLM. to achieve final settlements. We do so based on our belief in the inevitability of integration between the North and the South, regardless of whether there is unity or secession. We note our agreement of 15 November regarding the framework agreement reached under the commendable mediation of the African Union High- Level Implementation Panel, headed by Mr. Thabo Mbeki.”

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  12. “Our emphasis on settling the pre-referendum issues, such as Abyei, border demarcation and the total withdrawal of SPLM. forces south of the 1956 borders, has not distracted us from dealing with post- referendum issues such as wealth, citizenship, security, water, foreign debt and assets, and international agreements and instruments. As the Council is aware, since last year we have engaged in workshops and meetings with our partners, the most recent of which was held in Juba on 13 December. I personally attended that meeting. These meetings will be resumed in Khartoum on 18 December in order to resolve all the issues that the two parties have identified as priorities to be settled before the referendum. We will also continue to consider the remaining issues in order to settle them before the end of the transitional period on 8 July 2011.”

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  13. “Despite all these meetings, we have not yet reached a final solution that would ultimately satisfy the people of the region. However, we must note the danger of any of the parties taking unilateral measures or decisions with respect to this conflict, as that could push the situation into an explosive confrontation, which none of us wish for. While we commend the Security Council, the European Union, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development and the African Union for closely following the case of Abyei, we call on each and every one to pursue their efforts to reach a satisfactory settlement through negotiations. The high-level negotiations between the two parties are our main guarantee that this region will not become a battlefield or an area of future confrontation.”

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  14. “It will be a settlement between two of the major ethnic groups in the region, the Misseriya and Dinka Ngok tribes. The region has been a bridge connecting the North and South of the country throughout history through such coexistence and interaction between the tribes. That is why we must adopt a comprehensive approach in addressing it, apply wise practices and think positively in order to achieve lasting peace and stability. The Council might be aware of the fact that two high-level meetings have been held in the past few weeks between the partners at the level of the President of the Republic and the first Vice-President, with the participation and support of former President Thabo Mbeki, Chairman of the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel.”

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  15. “As a cardinal pillar of the CPA and one to which we are committed, the referendum should not be considered to be an end in itself; rather, it is a means that should lead us to sustainable peace, stability and security. We are eager to see continued and intensified negotiations between the parties so that we can realize that objective. As the Council knows, and as has been said before, the settlement of the issue ofAbyei is foremost among the pending issues, and we are intensifying our efforts with our partners, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), to reach a settlement acceptable to the parties that will take into consideration the essential issues of citizenship and peaceful coexistence among the tribes of the region. It goes without saying that the settlement will not simply draw land borders or allocate wealth and resources.”

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  16. “The ease with which the registration took place, despite some violations here and there, should prove the commitment of the parties to conducting the referendum and respecting its results. I am delighted to say that the support and assistance that the Referendum Commission received during the voter registration process will continue. We wish to assure the Council that our financial support for the Commission will not stop and that financing will not be an obstacle to the holding of the referendum. I wish to assure the Council that visas have been approved by the Commission and that the information just provided by Mr. Alain Le Roy should be updated.”

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  17. “We have shown our commitment to implementing all the provisions of the Agreement and to fulfilling its main objective of peace, which is why we now seek effective and sustainable solutions to all pending issues so that the brotherly relations that should obtain between the two parties after the end of the referendum, regardless of its results, shall come to pass. It is worth noting that the Council has no doubt followed the referendum voter registration process and seen that it take place in a very smooth and transparent manner in the Sudan and in many countries of the diaspora. We will provide the Council with the final status of registration after the Referendum Commission completes its evaluation.”

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  18. “I wish to assure the Council of the commitment of the Government of the Sudan to implementing its obligations, including the referendum on self- determination for Southern Sudan and the reaching of a final settlement on Abyei, in the hope that we will hold a referendum on Abyei as well. It is also our hope that our deliberations today will narrow the differences and viewpoints and that a settlement will be reached on all other pending issues. Through the periodic reports submitted by the Government of the Sudan on the implementation of the CPA over the past five years, as well as the reports of the Secretary-General and the Assessment and Evaluation Commission, the Council has seen how far we have come and what we have achieved via the mechanisms established by the CPA.”

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  19. “Mr. Siddiq (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, it is my pleasure, as we enter a new Hijri year and look forward to a new Gregorian year, to greet all the peace-loving peoples and States of the world. I also wish to congratulate the President for assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month and for organizing this meeting on the Sudan at this critical and important time. I also wish to assure the Council that we appreciate, understand and commend the role of the United States of America and other international partners in helping the parties to the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). It is our hope that their role will continue to be constructive and positive, which will help us face and overcome the challenges of the final phase of the CPA and lead to permanent peace and stability in my country.”

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