Publication:

Communiqué of the 1235th Meeting of the Peace and Security Council held on 9 October 2024 on Consideration of the Report of the Field Mission to Egypt and to Port Sudan conducted from 1 to 4 October 2024.

While adopting the Report of the field visit to Egypt and Sudan and its recommendations, conducted on 3 October 2024 the Council strongly condemned the violence in Sudan and demanded that the Rapid Support Forces urgently lift the siege on the city of EL Fasher and ensure safe and unhindered humanitarian access to the populations in Sudan suffering from acute food insecurity. The Council also urged the warring parties to implement the agreements reached in the Jeddah Declaration of 11 May 2023. The Council also requested the Chairperson of the Commission to urgently mobilize humanitarian assistance to Sudan through the relevant AU institutions that include, inter alia, the African Union CDC, AU Development Agency (AUDA), New Economic Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), and the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) Sub-Committee on refugees, and to submit the report within ten (10) days due to the urgent nature of the situation. The Council urged the Chairperson of the AU Commission to (i) support the PSC Presidential Ad Hoc Committee; and High-Level Panel on Sudan towards enhancing their engagements with Sudan, IGAD, and its neighboring countries and (ii) reopen the AU Liaison Office to Sudan, in Port Sudan, with minimum staffing, taking into consideration the prevailing security situation.