{"id":170507,"date":"2022-04-04T10:25:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T02:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=170507"},"modified":"2022-04-04T10:25:53","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T02:25:53","slug":"sudans-al-burhan-urges-un-missions-neutrality-on-national-political-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=170507","title":{"rendered":"Sudan&#8217;s Al-Burhan urges UN mission&#8217;s neutrality on national political crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/n_670_395\/public\/2022\/04\/01\/3154946-1996489548.jpg?itok=TrKGk_Za\" alt=\"Sudan\u2019s Burhan threatens to expel UN mission head\" width=\"834\" height=\"543\" title=\"Sudanese demonstrators take to the streets of the capital Khartoum to protest last year\u2019s military coup which deepened the country\u2019s political and economic turmoil, on Thursday. (AFP)\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Sudanese demonstrators take to the streets of the capital Khartoum to protest last year\u2019s military coup<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KHARTOUM, April 4 (NNN-Xinhua) &#8212; Chairman of Sudan&#8217;s Transitional Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan called on the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) to keep the same distance from all parties amid the ongoing political crisis in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His remarks came during a meeting with the head of UNITAMS Volker Perthes in the capital Khartoum, where Al-Burhan questioned the scope of a recent UNITAMS briefing on Sudan to the UN Security Council (UNSC), according to a statement by the sovereign council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The briefing did not cover all situations in the country and not include the positive indicators that occurred on the ground,&#8221; Al-Burhan was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perthes, for his part, said his briefing was based on the information and reports prepared by his office in Khartoum, according to the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UN envoy, however, voiced readiness to review any inaccurate information contained in the report submitted to the UNSC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting came a day after Al-Burhan warned that if the UN mission goes beyond its mandate or interferes in Sudan&#8217;s internal affairs, Perthes could be expelled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In last week&#8217;s briefing to the UNSC, Perthes cautioned that the deteriorating economic, humanitarian and security situations in Sudan were due to the absence of &#8220;a functioning government&#8221; since October 2021 and the &#8220;violent repression&#8221; against the protesters demanding civilian rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Jan. 10, the UNITAMS launched an intra-Sudanese political process to end the country&#8217;s political crisis. Perthes has since been in consultations with Sudanese political parties and civil forces in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, the African Union joined the UN efforts seeking to reach a political settlement in Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sudan has been suffering a political crisis after Al-Burhan, general commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces, declared a state of emergency on Oct. 25, 2021 and dissolved the Sovereign Council and the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since then, Khartoum and other cities have been witnessing continued protests demanding a return to civilian rule. &#8212; NNN-XINHUA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sudanese demonstrators take to the streets of the capital Khartoum to protest last year\u2019s military coup KHARTOUM, April 4 (NNN-Xinhua) &#8212; Chairman of Sudan&#8217;s Transitional Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan called on the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) to keep the same distance from all parties amid the ongoing political crisis in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":170510,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170507"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=170507"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170511,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170507\/revisions\/170511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/170510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=170507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=170507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=170507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}