Sudan FM writes to UN chief on ending UNMIS mandate
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May 28, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese foreign minister Ali Karti
notified the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon via letter
of his government’s request that the mandate of the United Nations
Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) end as planned on July 9, 2011,
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An Indian soldier serving as part of the Force Reserve Battalion with
the international peacekeeping operation in United Nations Mission in
Sudan (UNMIS)sits inside an armoured carrier in Abyei town May 25,
2011 (Reuters)
The foreign ministry spokesperson Khalid Moussa said the letter to Ban
expressed Sudan’s appreciation of the efforts made by UNMIS in
assisting the parties in implementing the 2005 Comprehensive Peace
Agreement (CPA) since its establishment pursuant to resolution UN
Security Council (UNSC) 1590.
He also said that Karti stressed that Sudan has provided maximum
possible cooperation and fulfilled its obligations towards the CPA.
UNMIS was established in 2005 to ensure that northern and southern
Sudan comply with the peace agreement they signed in the same year
that ended two decades of civil war.
The South Sudan referendum, which is the final phase of the CPA, was
held peacefully last January and resulted in an overwhelming vote in
favor of independence.
However, issues such as the dispute over the oil-rich border region of
Abyei and the lack of progress on North-South border demarcation are
raising fears of possible military confrontation after July 9th.
Last week the Sudanese army entered Abyei and asserted control over it
pushing Southern forces out. Thousands of its residents were forced to
flee amid widespread burning and looting in the area.
This week the UN Secretary General proposed a new peacekeeping force
of some 7,000 blue-helmeted troops for south Sudan once it secedes.
Diplomats and U.N. officials told Reuters on condition of anonymity
that Khartoum does not want UNMIS to leave Sudan altogether though the
Sudanese government would prefer that it be less visible in Khartoum.
Ban’s report said the new force should be called the United Nations
Mission in South Sudan, or UNMISS.
The proposed new force will have to be approved by the UNSC.
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