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Thank you very much. Mr. President, Members of the Council, I thank you for the opportunity to brief you, once again on the situation in Sudan. I just returned from the Paris Conference which clearly demonstrated continued…
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The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sudan, Volker Perthes, will be traveling to Juba, South Sudan this week in advance of the upcoming round of peace talks scheduled for 25 May between the Transitional…
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Following the 2020 request made to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, by the Transitional Government of Sudan for support in the holding of elections, and as encapsulated in Security Council resolution 2524, a…
Madam President Thank you, Madam President, for the opportunity to brief the Security Council. It is my first briefing to this Council and I am grateful to the Secretary-General and also to the Council for the confidence they…
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The political landscape in Sudan changed dramatically in 2019, thanks to the Sudanese men, women and young people who rose up in massive numbers to demand change. Their movement culminated in an agreement signed on 17 August…
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The Secretary-General condemns the looting of the first site, Saraf Umrah in Darfur, handed over to the Sudanese authorities following the end of the UNAMID mandate in December 2020. At a time when community needs in Sudan…
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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Khardiata Lo N’Diaye of Senegal as his new Deputy Special Representative for Sudan with the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance…
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I just had a fruitful first meeting with Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok to hear directly from him the priorities of the new government. In our meeting, we discussed the UNITAMS mandate and its four strategic and interrelated…
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Statement from Mr. Volker Perthes, Special Representative of the Secretary-General to Sudan and Head of United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) on the formation of the new Government…
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Mr. Volker Perthes, UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan, arrived Khartoum on 2 February 2021. Mr. Volker Perthes arrived in Khartoum early this morning to take up his functions as Special…
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Press Statement: For Immediate Release (New York, 21 January 2021) I am greatly concerned by serious allegations of sexual violence in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, including a high number of alleged rapes in the capital…
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The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about clashes in West Darfur over the weekend. Escalating inter-communal violence has resulted in scores of deaths and injuries, the displacement of nearly 50,000 people and the…