The Sudanese government had on Thursday, November 16, asked the United Nations to “immediately terminate” the U.N. political mission in the country –UNITAMS, according to a report by Sudan’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Sadeq to tthe U.N. Security Council via a letter seen by Reuters.
Sadeq had written in a letter addressed to the U.N Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and circulated to the U.N. Security Council saying:
“(The) government of Sudan has requested for the United Nations to immediately terminate the UNITAMS mission. In the same vein, we would like to guarantee that the Government of Sudan is dedicated to engaging constructively with the Security Council and the Secretariat.”
“The purpose of launching the mission (was) to aid the transitional government of Sudan after the December 2018 revolution,” the letter further stated, adding that the mission’s performance in implementing its objectives “was discouraging.”
When asked about Sudan’s decision, the Guterres spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric had revealed that the letter had been received and circulated to the Security Council.
A war began on April 15 between the Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSAF) after weeks of mounting tension between the two sides over a plan to merge forces as part of a transition from military rule to civilian democracy.
The U.N. special envoy to Sudan revealed in September that he was retiring, over three months after Sudan announced that he was unwelcome after disagreements between rival factions broke out into war.
