Sudan insists that it has final say on UNMIS’s stay
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May 29, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government dismissed assertions
that it is up to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to decide
on whether the United Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) should stay or leave.
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.
Yesterday it was revealed that the Sudanese foreign minister Ali Karti
wrote a letter to the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon
affirming that his government wants UNMIS to leave by the end of its
term on July 9th.
But the UN said that it is not up to Khartoum to determine that.
"Our position is simple and clear, it is a matter to be dealt with by
the Security Council ... The government can express its wishes,
ultimately the decision to leave or stay is a decision for the
Security Council," Hua Jiang, a UN spokeswoman, told Reuters.
But the foreign ministry spokesperson Khalid Moussa commented on
Jiang’s remarks saying that the Sudanese government makes that call
and not the UNSC.
The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) media officer Ibrahim
Ghandour said that any extension of UNMIS tenure cannot not be made
without consent of Khartoum noting that this is stipulated by UN
charter.
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