Sudan: UNAMID welcomes US decision to lift economic sanctions on Sudan

08 Octobre 2017

KHARTOUM, Sudan, October 8 (Infosplusgabon) -  The United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) on Sunday welcomed the US Administration’s decision to lift most economic sanctions imposed on Sudan.

In a press statement, the Mission said that the decision, which ends more than two decades of economic sanctions, "is hoped to contribute significantly to the betterment of the lives of the Sudanese people; including the population we serve in the Darfur region."

UNAMID’s Joint Special Representative and Joint Chief Mediator for Darfur (JSR/JCM) Jeremiah Kingsley Mamabolo welcomed the American decision saying:

“On behalf of the Mission, I would like to congratulate the people and the Government of the Republic of Sudan on the lifting of the American sanctions. We are hopeful that this decision shall be a significant progress towards improving the lives of the population we serve in Darfur, in terms of creating livelihoods, and raising of education and health standards.

“I also hope that this would constitute a positive step forward on the way of realising permanent peace, stability and sustainable development in Darfur."

Mamabolo has, in addition, called on all Sudanese parties to take advantage of this window of opportunity to speed up the finalisation of the peace process and use it as a catalyst for achieving permanent peace in Darfur.

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