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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) conducted an official mission to Kauda, South Kordofan on 2…

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 practices, and distribution of roles and…

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 the third-largest…

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 (RC) and Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) in…

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 Sudan (UNITAMS), jointly with the…

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 modalities of the Permanent Ceasefire…

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 priorities and activities and promoting practical measures to…

Madam President, Members of the Security Council, Thank you very much. It is a pleasure to brief you again on the situation in Sudan. Since my last briefing in May, there has been some progress in Sudan’s transition as well as continued setbacks and challenges. The violence in Darfur and the East…

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 Coordinator in Sudan, concluded a three-day consultative visit to El-Fashir , North Darfur State…

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. The United Nations condemns any attempt - whether a coup or…

The Secretary-General condemns the attempted coup d’état in Khartoum on 21 September. Any effort to undermine Sudan’s political transition will jeopardize the hard-earned progress made on the political and economic fronts. The Secretary-General calls on all parties to remain committed to the…

Friends of Sudan Statement 22 September 2021 Friends of Sudan condemn attempts to undermine Sudan’s peaceful political transition France, Germany, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States, the European Union and the United Nations, as members of…