United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan

The United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) is one of the UN's special missions to assist Sudan in supporting the transition from dictatorship to democratic rule.[1][2]

The operation was approved by the UN Security Council in 2020 under Resolution 2524 in accordance with the request of the civilian transitional government that ruled the country.[3] The operation replaces the previous military operation UNAMID, a cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union, which ended on 31 December 2020.[4]

Mid 2023 Abdel Fattah al-Burhan demanded that UNITAMS head Volker Perthes be dismissed. In November the government of Sudan requested that the mission be ended. The United Nations Security Council agreed to end the mission by 3 December 2023, with 14 votes in favour and one abstention, with a subsequent three-month withdrawal period.[5]

References

  1. ^ "UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 2023-11-13. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  2. ^ "Security Council agrees to terminate UN mission in Sudan | UN News". news.un.org. 2023-12-01. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  3. ^ "Statement on the Release of UNITAMS Summary Report on its Consultations for a Political Process for Sudan". UNITAMS. 2022-02-28. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  4. ^ "UNAMID". UNAMID. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  5. ^ "Security Council agrees to terminate UN mission in Sudan". Al Jazeera. 2 December 2023. Archived from the original on 13 December 2023.