Doha conference adopts framework document on Darfur peace

The conference of stakeholders in Darfur, which ended its work Tuesday in Doha, the capital of Qatar, decided to adopt a framework peace document as the basis for a comprehensive and final peace agreement. The document calls on all the sides in the conflict to abide by an immediate cease-fire, urging too that all the boycotting factions catch up with the peace process. The conference also urged the government and the factions to exert efforts to reach to a permanent cease-fire based on the guidelines of the document as well as agreeing to form an international follow-up committee headed by Qatar and including members of the UN Security Council, the Arab League, the African and European Unions and international partners to monitor the implementation.

State Minister Ahmed Bin Abdulla Al Mahmood, the Qatari mediator, said that the participants in the conference decided unanimously to adopt the Darfur peace document and did not object to it as one of the bases of a permanent and comprehensive peace in Darfur. Al Mahmoud also said that they would open doors for those who have the intention to sign an agreement and that the document took its power from the people and is now the property of all. Al Mahmood was also the one who read the closing statement of the conference which will be broadcasted to you after the bulletin.