Sudan forms taskforce to ‘monitor’ South Kordofan’s situation
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August 21, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan has established a committee to
monitor the situation in the country’s war-stricken region of Kordofan
and forestall allegations of abuses raised by international quarters,
a spokesman said on Sunday.
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A hugh explosion near a United Nations compound in South Kordofan
state, Tuesday, June 14, 2011 (AP)
Western nations led by the United States have been lobbying to bring
the UN Security Council to condemn the Sudanese government for
atrocities allegedly committed in South Kordofan where the country’s
army has been fighting rebels of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army
(SPLA) since early June. But Sudan’s allies, namely China and Russia,
have so far managed to block these attempts.
The fighting, which erupted after Sudan army threatened to disarm the
rebels who are aligned with South Sudan, have led to the killing,
injury and displacement of at least 200,000 people, according to UN
figures.
Sudan’s official spokesman of the foreign ministry Al-Ubayd Muroah
told reporters in Khartoum on Sunday that the committee would be under
the supervision of the ministry and comprise representatives of the
ministry of defense, ministry humanitarian affairs, ministry of
justice, ministry of media and the National Intelligence and Security
Services.
The purpose of the body, according to Muroah, is to refute the
“baseless” accusations instigated by some countries against Sudan in
order to bring the UN Security Council and Human Rights council to
denounce the country’s government.
Muroah said that the committee would monitor the humanitarian,
political and media developments concerning the situation in South
Kordofan and formulate recommendations on how to deal with these
developments. He further added that the committee would maintain
constant contacts with Sudan’s diplomatic missions in New York, Geneva
and Addis Ababa.
A UN report last week documented wide-ranging atrocities it alleges
were committed by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and its allied
paramilitary forces during South Kordofan’s conflict. The report said
that the actions could amount to war crimes and crimes against
humanity, calling for an independent probe into the situation.
The UN Security Council convened a closed-doors session on Friday to
discuss the UN report on South Kordofan as Sudan protested the move,
saying it has ulterior motives. The country’s senior presidential
assistant Nafi Ali Nafi said that Sudan would not let international
shrieks over the matter distract it from quelling the rebellion.
Sudan this week agreed to let six UN agencies, including the Office
for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Food
Program, World Health Organization and the UN Children’s Fund
(UNICEF), to access South Kordofan under local supervision in order to
assess the humanitarian needs in the state.
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