U.S. lawmakers call for appointment of Sudans special envoy
Article
Comments (1)
email Email
print Print
pdfSave
separation
increase
decrease
separation
separation
March 1, 2017 (WASHINGTON) - U.S United States Congressmen including
senators and representatives have called on President Donald Trump to
appoint a special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan to back the regional
efforts for peace in the two countries.
PNG - 190.8 kb
U.S. Special Envoy Donald Booth, speaks at the U.S. House Subcommittee
on Africa, on April 28, 2016 (ST Photo)
With the end of President Barack Obama’s second term, the former U.S.
Special Envoy Donald Booth stepped down, leaving hot files on the
crises in the two countries waiting for his successor who will be the
sixth special envoy for Sudan.
“We write to urge you to appoint a high-level special envoy for Sudan
and South Sudan with the international stature to bring urgently
needed diplomatic leadership to international efforts to achieve a
sustainable peace in and between the two countries”, reads a letter
signed by eight senators and two representatives all of them are
Republicans.
In their letter of 24 February, the lawmakers pointed to the potential
of genocide in the South Sudan saying that attacks on civilians during
the fighting of July 2016 in Juba "served to demonstrate that the
August 2015 peace agreement has failed".
Also, they blamed Juba government for obstructing the deployment of
the additional 4000 peacekeepers to protect civilians adding that the
IGAD efforts for a political solution have so far been unsuccessful.
The signatories of the letter seen by Sudan Tribune are: Senator
Benjamin Cardin, Senator John Boozman, Senator Edward Markey, Senator
Johnny Isakson, Member of Congress Karen Bass, Member of Congress
Michael Capuano, Senator Jeffery Markley, Senator James Inhofe,
Senator Richard Durbin, Senator Christopher Coons, Senator Cory Booker
and Member of Congress Barbara Lee.
Regarding the ongoing armed conflicts in Sudan’s Darfur and the Two
Areas, the congressmen urged to put pressure on Khartoum to observe
the cessation of hostilities brokered by the former U.S. envoy for
Sudan and "allow free and unfettered humanitarian access to all parts
of Sudan".
They also urged President Trump to ensure that Khartoum stops
supporting rebel groups in South Sudan. Further, they pointed to the
arrest warrants by the International Criminal Court for President
against President Omer al-Bashir.
"United States leadership is critical to helping bring about a lasting
peace in Sudan and South Sudan. Your swift action on this matter will
make a difference in millions of lives," they further reiterated.
Next June the American Administration has to decide on the left of
sanctions on Sudan, as several administrations are supposed to
terminate a review of Sudan’s implementation of several commitments
including humanitarian access, cessation of hostilities, non-support
to south Sudan rebel groups.
Since the election of President Trump midlevel career diplomats are
working as acting managers for most of the State Department’s bureaus,
as key positions remain vacant awaiting appointments including the
undersecretary for African affairs.
Last month, the Washington Post reported that Secretary of State Rex
Tillerson and President Trump are keen to reorganise the department’s
management structure and likely get rid of many of the politically
appointed positions that have swelled in number since the late 1970s".
(ST)
Comments on the Sudan Tribune website must abide by the following
rules. Contravention of these rules will lead to the user losing their
Sudan Tribune account with immediate effect.
- No inciting violence
- No inappropriate or offensive language
- No racism, tribalism or sectarianism
- No inappropriate or derogatory remarks
- No deviation from the topic of the article
- No advertising, spamming or links
- No incomprehensible comments
Due to the unprecedented amount of racist and offensive language on
the site, Sudan Tribune tries to vet all comments on the site.
There is now also a limit of 400 words per comment. If you want to
express yourself in more detail than this allows, please e-mail your
comment as an article to [email protected]
Kind regards,
The Sudan Tribune editorial team.
2 March 08:04, by Freedom Advocate
Good move.
Donald Booth has been doing nothing and now would be better
sending someone with diplomatic stature who will work to bring peace
to the 2 Sudans
--
To post to this group, send email to [email protected]
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
[email protected]
Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob
View this message at
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"South Sudan Info - The Kob" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email
to [email protected].
To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob.
To view this discussion on the web visit
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14orQssnYGmntzZTp0GO3d4wYE%2BT6wKYvk_XD2xD2rXxwxA%40mail.gmail.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
