SPLM-N road map for negotiations with Sudanese government
The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) prepared a Road Map for the peace talks that resumed on Thursday between the Government of Sudan and the SPLM-N on the war-torn Blue Nile and South Kordofan. The Road Map addresses the humanitarian crisis in both states and the implementation of the Framework Agreement, signed by the government and the SPLM-N on 28 June 2011. The Road Map, of which Radio Dabanga received a copy, proposes the formation of three committees: A Committee for Humanitarian Arrangements, one for the Political Arrangements, and a Committee for Security Arrangements. The SPLM-N considers the dire humanitarian situation in the two states the most urgent issue to discuss, and states that humanitarian corridors for the delivery of aid should be opened immediately. “The humanitarian corridors represent one of the basic rights of the civilians and shall not be compromised by any political considerations.” The humanitarian aid should be delivered through UN humanitarian agencies, “without any restrictions and/or preconditions”. The SPLM-N also pointed to other war-torn areas in the country: “The agreement on resolving the humanitarian crisis shall be expanded to address humanitarian crisis in Darfur and North Kordofan and to put an end to all Sudan’s conflicts, taking into considerations particularities of each region”. How to govern Sudan As for the political crisis, the Road Map states that a transitional government should be formed, with participation of all stakeholders’ in the constitutional process. “The transitional government shall undertake all its functions, including holding the Constitutional Conference.” This conference is to be convened under the auspices of the African Union, with the participation of all political forces and civil society organizations, and with presence of international observers, according to the SPLM-N.“The national constitutional conference is to answer the historic question Sudanese actors failed to address since independence: How to govern Sudan?” File photo: Unamid troops escort World Food Programme lorries in North Darfur (Albert Gonzalez Farran/Unamid) Related: Sudan opposition initially welcomes proposal of ‘unified platform’ (16 February 2014) Sudan’s peace talks have yet to be successful in Addis Ababa (14 February 2014) Sudan peace talks: SPLM-N calls for ‘a new perspective and attitude’ (13 February 2014)‘Question is how to govern Sudan’: Malik Agar (29 january 2014)
The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) prepared a Road Map for the peace talks that resumed on Thursday between the Government of Sudan and the SPLM-N on the war-torn Blue Nile and South Kordofan. The Road Map addresses the humanitarian crisis in both states and the implementation of the Framework Agreement, signed by the government and the SPLM-N on 28 June 2011.
The Road Map, of which Radio Dabanga received a copy, proposes the formation of three committees: A Committee for Humanitarian Arrangements, one for the Political Arrangements, and a Committee for Security Arrangements.
The SPLM-N considers the dire humanitarian situation in the two states the most urgent issue to discuss, and states that humanitarian corridors for the delivery of aid should be opened immediately. “The humanitarian corridors represent one of the basic rights of the civilians and shall not be compromised by any political considerations.” The humanitarian aid should be delivered through UN humanitarian agencies, “without any restrictions and/or preconditions”.
The SPLM-N also pointed to other war-torn areas in the country: “The agreement on resolving the humanitarian crisis shall be expanded to address humanitarian crisis in Darfur and North Kordofan and to put an end to all Sudan’s conflicts, taking into considerations particularities of each region”.
How to govern Sudan
As for the political crisis, the Road Map states that a transitional government should be formed, with participation of all stakeholders’ in the constitutional process. “The transitional government shall undertake all its functions, including holding the Constitutional Conference.” This conference is to be convened under the auspices of the African Union, with the participation of all political forces and civil society organizations, and with presence of international observers, according to the SPLM-N.
“The national constitutional conference is to answer the historic question Sudanese actors failed to address since independence: How to govern Sudan?”
File photo: Unamid troops escort World Food Programme lorries in North Darfur (Albert Gonzalez Farran/Unamid)
Related:
Sudan opposition initially welcomes proposal of ‘unified platform’ (16 February 2014)
Sudan’s peace talks have yet to be successful in Addis Ababa (14 February 2014)
Sudan peace talks: SPLM-N calls for ‘a new perspective and attitude’ (13 February 2014)
‘Question is how to govern Sudan’: Malik Agar (29 january 2014)
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