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Date: 29 May 2013 14:00:00 -0400
Subject: SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MISSION IN ABYEI FOR SIX MONTHS,
ENLARGES UN PRESENCE
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SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MISSION IN ABYEI FOR SIX MONTHS, ENLARGES UN
PRESENCENew York, May 29 2013 2:00PMThe Security Council today
extended until 30 November the mandate of the United Nations
peacekeeping force for Abyei, an area contested by South Sudan and
Sudan, and increased the authorized number of troops there by more
than 1,100 personnel.
Today's resolution augments the authorized strength of the UN Interim
Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) military component to 5,326, as
requested by the Joint Political and Security Mechanism decision of 8
March and recommendations in Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's latest
report.
In part, the troop boost is meant to provide additional resources "to
support fully" the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism
(JBVMM), which consists of representatives from Sudan and South Sudan,
and is tasked with monitoring the security situation in the Safe
Demilitarized Border Zone.
After numerous delays, the Governments activated the JBVMM in March
and began withdrawing their forces from the zone. UNISFA verified that
during its mission on 23 March to Tishwin and the following day to
Kiir Adem, which lies inside a 14 mile-wide strip of land known as the
Mile 14 area, "there were no armed forces from either side in the
area."
The Security Council today welcomed these operations and called on the
Governments of Sudan and South Sudan to make "timely and effective"
use of the JBVMM and other agreed joint mechanisms.
Sudan and South Sudan were urged through the resolution to make
regular use of the Abyei Joint Oversight Committee to ensure steady
progress on the implementation of the 20 June 2011 agreement. The
pact, signed in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, provides for
temporary administrative arrangements for Abyei and the withdrawal of
troops by both sides.
In addition, the 15-member Council welcomed the redeployment of
Sudanese military and South Sudanese military and police personnel
from Abyei – as called for by the UN body – and demanded that the
Government of Sudan also redeploy all remaining military and police
personnel from Abyei immediately and without preconditions.
Members of the Council reiterated that "the Abyei Area shall be
demilitarized from any forces other than UNISFA and the Abyei Police
Service."
To further ensure compliance with Abyei's status as a weapons-free
area, the Council urged the Mission "to continue its dialogue with the
Abyei Joint Oversight Committee and with the Misseriya and Ngok Dinka
communities on effective strategies and oversight mechanisms",
particularly to urgently eliminate heavy or crew-served weapons, as
well as rocket-propelled grenades.
On 4 May, an attack by ethnic Misseriya pastoralist tribesmen on the
UN convoy resulted in the deaths of Ngok Dinka Paramount Chief Kuol
Deng Kuol and an Ethiopian peacekeeper, while wounding two other UN
blue helmets in the process. Shortly after, the Council strongly
condemned that attack.
Furthermore, the Council urged all free, unhindered and expeditious
movement to and from Abyei, and throughout the Safe Demilitarized
Border Zone of all personnel, as well as equipment, provisions,
supplies and other goods, including vehicles, aircraft, and spare
parts, intended for the exclusive and official use of UNISFA.
It also demanded that the Governments of Sudan and South Sudan
continue to facilitate the deployment of the UN Mine Action Service
(UNMAS), as well as the identification and clearance of mines in Abyei
area and the Safe Demilitarized Border Zone.
The Council also urged full, safe and unhindered access to civilians
in need of assistance and necessary facilities, in accordance with
international law. As well as reiterating that UN peacekeepers should
take "the necessary actions" to protect civilians under imminent
threat of physical violence, irrespective of the source of such
violence.
In addition, Council members requested that the Secretary-General
conduct a review of UNISFA's configuration and assessment of the
relevant risks and threats.
The UN Mission was established in June 2011 to secure the area after
Sudanese troops took control of Abyei, displacing tens of thousands of
people in the weeks before South Sudan became an independent State
after seceding from Sudan.May 29 2013 2:00PM
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