{"id":171624,"date":"2021-03-10T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/unitams-head-to-unsc-set-up-assistance-to-sudan\/"},"modified":"2021-03-10T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T15:00:00","slug":"unitams-head-to-unsc-set-up-assistance-to-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/unitams-head-to-unsc-set-up-assistance-to-sudan","title":{"rendered":"UNITAMS head to UNSC: \u2018Step-up assistance to Sudan\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The head of the new UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan, Volker Perthes, told the UN Security Council (UNSC) in a virtual briefing yesterday that that while Sudan is making significant advances in its transition “the remaining challenges are staggering”. He urges the international community to step up their assistance to Sudan: “it is urgent to respond to the needs of communities across the country”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In his first briefing since his arrival in Sudan on February 3<\/a>, Perthes cautioned the UNSC: “Progress on the political transition or peacebuilding will not happen without economic resources, and vice versa.” He also pointed out that the protection of civilians [during and following the final drawdown of UNAMID<\/a> ed<\/em>] is one of his mission’s main priorities<\/p>\n

Perthes outlined that in the five weeks since he arrived in Sudan, he has met with the transitional government, the Sovereignty Council, and listened to a wide range of stakeholders in Sudan. He says he has listened to their aspirations and the challenges that Sudan is facing. “I am also constantly trying to explain what our mandate is, what the nature of our mission is.”<\/p>\n

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‘Progress on the political transition or peacebuilding will not happen without economic resources, and vice versa’<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He reiterated the four strategic objectives of the UNITAMS mandate: support for the political transition, peace processes and the implementation of peace agreements, peacebuilding, and of course the mobilisation of external resources.<\/p>\n

“These are interdependent objectives. Progress on the political transition or peacebuilding will not happen without economic resources, and vice versa,” he said.<\/p>\n

The Special Representative explained: “The political transition in Sudan is moving forward. Sudan’s Sovereignty Council was expanded to include three signatories to the Juba Peace Agreement and a new a cabinet has been formed under the leadership of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.”<\/p>\n

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