SUDAN - GUIDANCE FOR SECURITY COUNCIL

UNCLAS STATE 147947 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL UNSC KPKO SU SUBJECT: SUDAN - GUIDANCE FOR SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON 24 OCTOBER 2007 ¶1. PURPOSE: This is an action request. The Department asks USUN to base its statement at the 24 October 2007 UN Security Council consultations on Sudan on the objectives in paragraph ¶2. ¶2. OBJECTIVES: -To stress the linkage of resolution of the Darfur conflict, Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) implementation, and sustainable peace throughout Sudan. -To note that this linkage underlines the urgent need for: a ceasefire by all parties; protection of civilians, including humanitarian workers; the rapid deployment of United Nations - African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID); active support for the CPA; and full participation in the Darfur peace talks commencing 27 October 2007 in Libya. -------------- UNAMID -------------- -To urge all parties (the Government of Sudan (GOS),United Nations (UN),African Union (AU),troop contributing countries, and international community) to facilitate the speedy deployment of UNAMID and the Light and Heavy Support Packages of UN assistance to the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS). To stress the need for the UN to meet the deadlines for establishment of an initial operating capability and for transfer of responsibility from AMIS to UNAMID as laid out in UNSCR 1769. -To urge contributions for all of the remaining gaps in force generation for UNAMID. Current gaps consist of specialized units for UNAMID, including attack and utility helicopters and transport units. -To encourage donors to ensure that troop contributors have the capabilities for UNAMID to meet the necessary standards for effectiveness and sustainability. -------------- UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SUDAN (UNMIS) -------------- -To urge all parties (the GOS, the Government of Southern Sudan, UNMIS, and the international community),to support vigorously the full implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, including through the strengthening of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) and the convening of a high-level international meeting focused on implementation. We are concerned by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement's recent move to suspend its participation in the Government of National Unity and call on all parties to redouble their efforts to implement the CPA in good faith. -------------- DARFUR POLITICAL PROCESS -------------- -To urge all parties (the rebels and the GOS) to participate in the UN-AU-led Darfur political process, which is scheduled to commence 27 October 2007 in Libya, and to negotiate in good faith toward attaining a settlement. -To urge all parties to exercise restraint from violence immediately, avoiding retaliation and escalation. We deplore the most recent violence against AMIS and against civilians in Darfur. ¶3. POINT-OF-CONTACT: Grace M. Kang, IO/PSC 202-736-7735. RICE