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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 Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Sudan and Head of the United Nations…

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. Khartoum, 9 February On behalf of the United Nations in Sudan, I congratulate…

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 pillars outlined in Security Council resolution 2524 (2020): - Political…

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 Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), serving also as the United Nations Resident…

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 are increasingly pressing, the site was intended to serve as a vocational…

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 2019 to establish a civilian-led transitional government and the launch of…

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 have placed in me. I have been in Sudan for five weeks now and I have met…

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 United Nations Electoral Needs Assessment Mission (NAM) visited Sudan from 5 to…

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 Government of Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement – Abdalaziz…

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 international support to Sudan’s return to the international community. I…

General Salva Kiir, President of the Republic of South Sudan and patron of the Mediation Committee, General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, Chairman of the Sovereign Council of Sudan, Dr. Abdalla Hamdok, Prime Minister of the Republic of Sudan, Commander Abdelaziz al Hilu, Chairman of the SPLM-North…

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 seen inter-communal violence in West Darfur, but has also been marked by optimism, with upcoming peace talks in Juba…