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WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United Nations Security Council on Friday adopted a resolution that supposedly "renews" the mandate of the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) for a period of one year. The resolution embodies troubling signals that the previous commitments are being unilaterally scrapped by the Council and further contains inaccurate and malicious information that does not in anyway reflect the realities on the ground.
It is imperative to recall that the initial mandate in the resolution 1769 establishing the mission was the result of a binding agreement between the Government of Sudan, the UN and the African Union, a tripartite mechanism which defined a clear and precise assignment for the UNAMID which would exercise limited and very specific functions in the peace efforts. Any process of renewal would be a renewal of the particular terms and specifications of this mandate. This is, after all, precisely what renewal means. In an attempt, however, to exploit the spirit of cooperation demonstrated by the Government of Sudan, the UNSC crafted this new resolution to undo the agreed upon terms by projecting the mandate of the force well beyond the scope of the responsibilities previously outlined. At the outset, it vests the UNAMID with the authority to tackle any and all challenges in the entire Sudan, an amendment that's not only an egregious departure and violation of the previous agreement which confined the mission to Darfur but also a fundamental infringement on the Sovereignty of the country. Furthermore, the resolution reconfigures the composition of the force from an identity primarily African, as initially agreed on, to one that will now accommodate new elements. The resolution goes on to introduce hazy concepts such as the right to protect and redesigning chapter 7 so that it enables the use of force for vague purposes.See the full content of this document
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