Sudan was on the menu of the UN Security Council on Monday. The head of the United Nations mission Volker Perthes reported on the progress of the mediation conducted with the African Union to resolve the political crisis and the risk of economic collapse. He spoke of a “consensus” on important points. A presentation received variously by the Member States.
According to Volker Perthes, the Sudanese political and military actors agree on a few points: on the need to end the violence, on a technocratic government, on the adoption of urgent laws, on the unification of the army, on representation of women in government and the need for fair elections. But he warned: The weather, he said, does not work in favor of Sudan. »
While the fifteen member states of the Council, without exception, including the United Kingdom, France, the United States and others such as Albania, Brazil and Mexico, welcomed the efforts of the United Nations, the Ghana nevertheless wished to strengthen cooperation with African authorities.
China, for its part, called for the rapid lifting of the sanctions on the country and for economic support, a request supported by India. Russia, for its part, asked the Secretary General to focus on the new institutions needed to hold elections, rather than “ secondary issues such as human rights, rule of law and gender issues “.
Finally, the Sudanese ambassador encouraged UN mediation, but ” provided that the whole process belongs to the Sudanese “, he said, stressing that his role had to “ limit itself to facilitating dialogue between the parties, without attempting to influence the outcome of their consultations “.