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In its second week, since launched by SRSG Volker Perthes on 8 January, UN-facilitated consultations on a political process for Sudan continued engaging with Sudanese stakeholders. Due to ongoing roadblocks and the closure of bridges, making access to UNITAMS a challenge, some consultations planned…

UNITAMS made further concrete steps to broaden the scope of consultations process launched earlier this month, with emphasis on engaging groups in all states of Sudan. SRSG Volker Perthes led a full day of consultations sessions, on Monday, with several Darfur-based groups including Darfur…

Representatives of political and civil society groups convened in consultation sessions at UNITAMS’ headquarters in Khartoum last week. The UN-facilitated consultations on a political process for Sudan launched by SRSG Volker Perthes on January 8 continued to provide space for Sudanese stakeholders…

More than 20 groups representing various civil society, women’s rights organizations, political parties, academics, and national experts engaged in sessions of the UNITAMS-facilitated consultations for a political process in Sudan during its fourth week. This past week, SRSG Perthes and UNITAMS…

A full month of almost daily sessions with a diverse range of groups including civil society, women’s rights organizations, resistance committees, political parties, young women activists, academics, journalists, youth, persons with disabilities, veterans, diaspora, JPA signatories, and national…

In 2019, the victory of the Sudanese revolution and its slogans of freedom, peace and justice provided a unique and inspiring example for the world over. It was the unprecedented courage of the Sudanese youth, women and men in their continuous struggle to liberate from dictatorship, which opened the…

On 24 February 2022, UNITAMS in conjunction with the Peace Studies Center at the Elfasher University and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), organized a one-day Focused Group Discussion on Justice and Reconciliation in Darfur, in line with the implementation of the Juba Peace Agreement…

On the 8 th of March UNITAMS joined the whole world in celebrating the International Women’s Day, which 2022 theme is “Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow”. The Mission celebrated the day amongst women and girls of South Kordofan State. Upon arrival, the Head of UNITAMS, Mr. Volker…

Over the past week, the United Nations have received reports of violent incidents in and around Jebel Moon in West Darfur. This has included the burning of villages and the unfortunate death of tens of Sudanese, representing another alarming sign of the increasing instability in Sudan. The SRSG is…

On 10 March, the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with UN Country team partners marked the first International Day of Women Judges. Thirty-five female judges took part in the event. In…

Madam President, Members of the Security Council, I am grateful for the opportunity to brief you again on the situation in Sudan. Unfortunately, since my last briefing to this Council in January, the situation in Sudan has not improved. The country has been without a functioning government since the…

United Nations Integrated Transitional Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) Spokesperson welcomes statement released by the Friends of Sudan Group on 29 March 2022, in which the member states affirmed strong support for joint efforts of UNITAMS, the African Union, and the Inter-governmental…