PSC/PR/COMM.(DCCL)
(ii)
calls upon the Governments of Sudan and South Sudan to implement the decisions they took
during the Extraordinary JPSM meeting on 4 February 2018, relating to the implementation
of the Safe Demilitarized Border Zones (SDBZ), and the commencement of the work on
border demarcation, and requests the AUHIP to intensify its engagement with the Parties to
encourage timely implementation of those decisions;
On Abyei
(iii) calls upon the two Presidents of Sudan and South Sudan to renew their engagement, seeking
to address the question of the Final Status of the Abyei Area, on the basis of the AUHIP’s
Proposal on the Final Status of Abyei Area of 21 September 2012;
(iv)
urges the two States to mandate their representatives in AJOC to discuss and take decisions
on the establishment of the Abyei Area interim institutions, in accordance with the
Agreement on Temporary Administrative and Security Arrangements for the Abyei Area of
June 2011;
(v)
encourages the Traditional Leaders of Abyei to sustain their commitment to improve
relations between the Ngok Dinka and Misseriya communities within the context of the
meeting of November 2017, in Addis Ababa;
On Sudan's national political processes
(vi)
urges the Government of Sudan and the Sudanese opposition parties to renew their
commitment to inclusive national political processes, as envisaged in the Roadmap
Agreement, and in this regard, Council requests the Panel to continue its consultations with
the Sudanese interlocutors to identify ways of enhancing the inclusivity in the next phase of
Sudan's political processes which will shape the future of the country, including the national
elections and the constitution-making process;
(vii) appeals to the Sudanese parties, particularly the Government, to create and preserve the
necessary conditions conducive for the participation of Sudanese political actors in the
envisaged national political processes, Council also appeals to the national authorities to
exercise restraint in their response to public dissatisfaction with regard to the economic
situation;
On cessation of hostilities in Sudan
(viii) requests the Government and the armed movements in Sudan to sustain and renew, the
ceasefire and cessation of hostilities that they have unilaterally declared;
(ix)
urges the Government of Sudan and the SPLM-North to continue their preparations to
resume the adjourned cessation of hostilities negotiations by 6 March 2018, where the PSC
expects the parties to reach a formal cessation of hostilities agreement;
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