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Decides,in light of the above,to adopt the Roadmap outlined below, for implementation
by both Sudan and South Sudan, in order to ease the current tension, facilitate the resumption
of negotiations on post‐secession relations and the normalization of their relations:
(i)
immediate cessation of all hostilities, including aerial bombardments, with the
Parties formally conveying their commitment in this respect to the Chairperson
of the Commission, within 48 hours;
(ii)
unconditionalwithdrawalof all of their armed forces to their side of the border,in
accordance with previously adopted Agreements, including the Agreement on
the Border Monitoring Support Mission of 30 July 2011;
(iii)
activation, within a week from the adoption of this decision, of the necessary
border security mechanisms, namely the Joint Border Verification and
Monitoring Mission (JBVMM), the Secure Demilitarized Border Zone (SDBZ), in
accordance with the administrative and security map presented to the Parties by
the AUHIP in November 2011, it being understood that this map in no way
prejudices ongoing negotiations on the disputed areas and demarcation of the
border. In this respect, Council calls on UNISFA to take the necessary steps to
provide force protection and logistical support, in accordance with relevant
provisions of UN Security Council resolution 2024 (2012);
(iv)
cessation ofharbouring of, or support to, rebel groups against the other state;
(v)
activation of the ad hoc Committee, under the JPSM, to receive and investigate
complaints and allegations made by one party against the other. In this regard,
Council requests the AUHIP to convene a meeting of the JPSM, within ten (10)
days of the adoption of the present decision;
(vi)
immediate cessation of hostile propaganda and inflammatory statements in the
media, as well as of any attacks against the property, religious and cultural
symbols belonging to the nationals of the other State. To this end, the two
governments must take full responsibility for the protection of each other’s
nationals in line with international principles, as agreed in the Framework
Agreement initialed in March 2012. In this regard, Council requests the
Commission, in close collaboration with the United Nations and relevant
agencies, to design a monitoring mechanism to verify compliance by both
Parties; and
(vii) implementation ofpending aspects of the 20 June 2011 Agreement on
Temporary Security and Administrative Arrangements for theAbyei Area, in
particular the redeployment, within two weeks, of all Sudanese and South