Sudan to pursue campaign on rejection of UN forces
Oct 15, 2006 (KHARTOUM) — The Sudanese government decided on Sunday to continue a diplomatic campaign to refuse UN Security Council Resolution 1706 calling for deployment of international peacekeeping forces in the western Sudanese region of Darfur.
“The Council of Ministers decided that diplomatic contacts will be continuously held with other countries to expound Sudan’s vision and its justifications to refuse Resolution 1706,” the statement said.
The cabinet called for speeding up the peace process in Darfur by implementing the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), improving conditions on the ground, reactivating reconciliation between tribes, providing humanitarian aid, realizing security and tranquility for citizens in the region, it said.
It also announced the establishment of a committee for implementation of the DPA, which is headed by President Omar el-Bashir and includes as members his deputies and assistants.
The cabinet decided to hold more contacts with rebel groupswhich have not signed the DPA to convince them to join the peace process.
Delivering a report on the progress of implementing the DPA, Presidential Advisor Majzoub al-Khalifa said that committees had been set up to carry out DPA items on sharing of power and wealth, security arrangements and Darfurian-Darfurian dialogue under supervision of the African Union (AU).
He said that a plan had been worked out for disarming militias and delivering arms to the commander of AU forces.
Presenting a report on the humanitarian work in Darfur, State Minister at the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs Ahmed Mohamed Haroun said that the humanitarian aid was conveyed to all the 695,000 displaced people at refugees camps, besides 665,000 war-affected citizens at their villages in Darfur.
The minister said that the humanitarian aid for displaced and affected people in Darfur was secured till the end of this year.
(Xinhua)