The Security Council today decided to terminate the mandate of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in the Sudan (UNITAMS) under resolution 2579 (2021) and begin winding down its operations over a three-month period slated to end on 29 February 2024.
Press Releases and Statements
- 21 Sep 2021 - In my capacity as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and Head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan, I unequivocally condemn the attempted military coup at dawn today...
- 16 Sep 2021 - As part of her engagements with various state and non-state actors in Sudan, Mrs. Khardiata Lo N’Diaye, the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (DSRSG), Resident and Humanitarian...
- 12 Sep 2021 - As part of a nation-wide outreach effort to present the mission, its mandate and introduce the UN to the general population, a UNITAMS team visited Sudan’s central states last week. The activity aimed at raising awareness on the mission’s...
- 05 Sep 2021 - UNITAMS will convene today and tomorrow a technical consultative meeting of the Permanent Ceasefire Committee of the Darfur Permanent Ceasefire and Final Security Arrangement of the Juba Agreement for Peace in Sudan. The meeting will discuss the implementation...
- 31 Aug 2021 - The Transitional Government in Sudan emphasized the need to enhance the capacity of government officials and media organizations in areas most impacted by the negative effects of hate speech. Therefore, the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in...
- 26 Aug 2021 - UNITAMS SRSG Mr. Volker Perthes paid a two-day visit to River Nile State in northeastern Sudan on 24-25 August 2021. He was accompanied by Mr. Eddie Rowe, WFP Resident Representative in Sudan. The delegation arrived at Atbara by train, onboard newly restored cars traveling on...
- 06 Aug 2021 - Appointed by UN Secretary-General António Guterres in February 2021 as the Deputy Special Representative (DSRSG) with the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), Ms. Khardiata Lo N’Diaye also serves as Resident Coordinator (...
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''Drivers'' are no longer just men's domain... Nema and Sumaia, UNITAMS inspirational women drivers.04 Aug 2021 - Nema and Sumaia are two Sudanese women who chose to work as drivers with UNITAMS, a profession considered a male domain until recently. With their choice, they wanted to break stereotypes due to social norms, traditions and beliefs, discriminatory employment...
- 05 Jul 2021 - Khartoum, 5 July 2021, The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Volker Perthes, together with the Special Envoys to Sudan and South Sudan of Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States of America (the Troika...
- 31 May 2021 - Volker Perthes, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan and Head of UNITAMS, recently marked 100 days since his arrival in the country on 2 February. The period has...