Security Council resolution 2715 (2023) [on termination of the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission (UNITAMS)]
Symbol: S/RES/2715 (2023)
Date: 2023-12-01
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/78 [205] UN INTEGRATED TRANSITION ASSISTANCE MISSION IN SUDAN
S/78 [160] SUDAN--POLITICAL CONDITIONS
S/ X Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan.
Subjects: UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan|UN. Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Sudan|SPECIAL MISSIONS|GOOD OFFICES|PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION|DISSOLUTION|SUDAN|POLITICAL CONDITIONS
Votes in favour: 14
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 1
Voting record:
country: ALBANIA
vote: yes
country: BRAZIL
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: ECUADOR
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: GABON
vote: yes
country: GHANA
vote: yes
country: JAPAN
vote: yes
country: MALTA
vote: yes
country: MOZAMBIQUE
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: abstention
country: SWITZERLAND
vote: yes
country: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes

               United Nations                                                                   S/RES/2715 (2023)
               Security Council                                                 Distr.: General
                                                                                1 December 2023




               Resolution 2715 (2023)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 9492nd meeting, on
               1 December 2023

                    The Security Council,
                     Reaffirming all its previous resolutions, presidential statements and press
               statements concerning the situation in Sudan, and reiterating its strong commitment
               to the sovereignty, unity, independence, and territorial integrity of Sudan,
                    Recognising the work of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance
               Mission (UNITAMS) since its establishment and taking note of the Report of the
               Secretary-General of the United Nations on the situation in Sudan and the activities
               of UNITAMS (S/2023/861),
                   Taking note of the letter of the Government of Sudan addressed to the Secretary-General (S/2023/884), requesting the termination of the mandate of UNITAMS,
                     Expressing alarm at the continued violence and humanitarian situation, in
               particular violations of international humanitarian law and grave human rights
               violations and abuses, highlighting the grave impact on civilians, and calling upon all
               parties to the conflict to immediately cease hostilities, facilitate humanitarian access
               including by fulfilling their Jeddah commitments, and seek a negotiated solution to
               the conflict,
                   Welcoming diplomatic efforts under Intergovernmental Authority for
               Development (IGAD) and African Union leadership and welcoming the steadfast
               commitment of neighbouring countries to support civilians who have fled Sudan,
                    Encouraging international and regional organisations and UN Member States to
               respond swiftly to the growing humanitarian needs in Sudan and its neighbours,
               including the humanitarian needs identified in the revised Humanitarian Response
               Plan for Sudan and the Regional Refugee Response Plan, and further encouraging
               increased contributions to the Response Plans and for donors to ensure that all pledges
               are honoured in full and in a timely manner,
                     Calling upon all stakeholders to continue to work towards an inclusive and
               sustainable political settlement, in order for the asp irations of the Sudanese people
               for a peaceful, stable, democratic, and prosperous future to be realised, in full
               accordance with the principles of national ownership, and reaffirming that the Juba
               Peace Agreement signed on 3 October 2020 remains binding for all its signatories, in
               particular its provisions on a permanent ceasefire in Darfur,




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S/RES/2715 (2023)

                    1.    Decides to terminate the mandate of UNITAMS under resolution 2579
               (2021), as of 3 December 2023;
                    2.    Requests UNITAMS to immediately start on 4 December 2023 the
               cessation of its operations and the process of the transfer of its tasks, where
               appropriate and to the extent feasible, to UN agencies, funds and programmes, with
               the objective of completing this by 29 February 2024, decides that the liquidation of
               UNITAMS shall commence 1 March 2024 and calls on UNITAMS to establish with
               the UN Country Team, as appropriate, financial arrangements enabling the UN to
               oversee the residual activities of programmatic cooperation previously initiated by
               UNITAMS;
                    3.    Recognises the importance of UN agencies, funds and programmes,
               underlines the necessity of an orderly UNITAMS transition and liquidation in order
               to ensure the safety of UN personnel and the effective functioning of all UN
               operations, including humanitarian and development assistance;
                     4.    Decides to authorise, for the duration of UNITAMS’ transition and
               liquidation, the retention of necessary security personnel from within existing
               footprint in Sudan to protect UNITAMS’ personnel, facilities and assets, calls on all
               relevant Sudanese parties to cooperate fully with the UN durin g UNITAMS’ transition
               and liquidation, and requests that the Secretary-General keep the Security Council
               regularly informed about the transition and liquidation;
                     5.   Recalls the importance of the legal obligations of the Republic of Sudan
               under the 1946 Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations,
               and also the 4 July 2021 Status of Mission Agreement until the departure of the final
               element of UNITAMS from Sudan, and calls upon the parties to act in accordance
               with the obligations of the Republic of Sudan under these instruments;
                     6.   Welcomes the appointment of the Secretary General’s Personal Envoy on
               Sudan Ramtane Lamamra to use his good offices with the parties and the
               neighbouring States, complementing regional peace efforts, including those of the
               African Union and IGAD, and calls on all parties to extend their cooperation in
               furtherance of his tasks;
                     7.    Requests the Secretary-General to provide a written report in 90 days, and
               then brief the Security Council every 120 days on UN efforts to support Sudan on its
               path towards peace and stability, and to keep this reporting under review;
                    8.    Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.




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