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06KHARTOUM1820
2006-07-31 10:59:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Khartoum
Cable title:  

AMIS Update on Joint Commission

Tags:  PREL KPKO AU SU 
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UNCLAS KHARTOUM 001820 

SIPDIS

ADDIS ABABA ALSO FOR AMB. HUDDLESTON

SIPDIS

E.O. 12598: N/A
TAGS: PREL KPKO AU SU
SUBJECT: AMIS Update on Joint Commission

UNCLAS KHARTOUM 001820

SIPDIS

ADDIS ABABA ALSO FOR AMB. HUDDLESTON

SIPDIS

E.O. 12598: N/A
TAGS: PREL KPKO AU SU
SUBJECT: AMIS Update on Joint Commission


1. On July 30 post received a letter dated July 28 from Ahmed Rufai
Abubakar, Secretary to the Joint Commission of the African Union in
Sudan (AMIS) addressed to Charge Huddleston, in care of the U.S.
Embassy in Khartoum.


2. The text of the letter is as follows:

(Begin text)

Notice of the Second Meeting of the Joint Commission

I am directed by the Chairperson of the Joint Commission to inform
you that following consultations on the contentious issue of the
participation of the non-DPA signatures in the meetings of the
Ceasefire Commission (CFC) and the Joint Commission (JC),it is now
decided that in the first instance, only the signatories to the DPA
and the Declaration of Commitment (DoC),as well as the
international partners should participate in the meetings of the two
Commissions. This decision is informed by the need to break the
current impasse whereby both the Government of Sudan and the SLM/A
(Minni) refuse to sit together in these Commissions with those who
are not signatories to the DPA or the DoC. The hope is that as we
move forward, the need for greater inclusivity will become apparent
to the hitherto reluctant signatories to the DPA.

I am, therefore, to invite you to the next meeting of the Joint
Commission on Thursday, 3 August 2006, at 10:00 A.M. in the African
Union Commission Headquarters in Addis Ababa.

The proposed agenda is as follows:

1) The security situation in Darfur;

2) The Report of the Chairperson of the Ceasefire Commission
including progress in the implementation of the security aspects of
the DPA;

3) Any other business.

Your participation will be highly appreciated.

(End text)

STEINFELD