Security Council resolution 2508 (2020) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Panel of Experts Established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1591 (2005) on the Sudan until 12 Mar. 2021]
Symbol: S/RES/2508 (2020)
Date: 2020-02-11
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/75 [160] SUDAN--POLITICAL CONDITIONS
S/ X Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan.
Subjects: UN. Security Council Committee Established pursuant to Resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan|UN. Panel of Experts Established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1591 (2005)|Charter of the United Nations (1945). Chapter VII|ARMS EMBARGO|SANCTIONS|SANCTIONS COMPLIANCE|HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMED CONFLICTS|DARFUR (SUDAN)|SUDAN
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: BELGIUM
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
vote: yes
country: ESTONIA
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: GERMANY
vote: yes
country: INDONESIA
vote: yes
country: NIGER
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
vote: yes
country: SOUTH AFRICA
vote: yes
country: TUNISIA
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes
country: VIET NAM
vote: yes

               United Nations                                                                 S/RES/2508 (2020)
               Security Council                                                Distr.: General
                                                                               11 February 2020




               Resolution 2508 (2020)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 8718th meeting, on
               11 February 2020

                    The Security Council,
                    Recalling its previous resolutions concerning Sudan, in particular 1591 (2005),
               1651 (2005), 1665 (2006), 1672 (2006), 1713 (2006), 1779 (2007), 1841 (2008), 1891
               (2009), 1945 (2010), 1982 (2011), 2035 (2012), 2091 (2013), 2138 (2014), 2200
               (2015), 2265 (2016), 2340 (2017), 2400 (2018) and 2455 (2019) and its Presidential
               Statement of 11 December 2018 (S/PRST/2018/19),
                     Determining that the situation in Sudan continues to constitute a threat to
               international peace and security in the region,
                    Recalling the final report of the Sudan Panel of Experts (S/2020/36),
                    Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,
                     1.   Recalls the measures imposed by paragraphs 7 and 8 of resolution 1556
               (2004), as modified by paragraph 7 of resolution 1591 (2005), and paragraph 4 of
               resolution 2035 (2012), and the listing criteria and measures imposed by
               subparagraphs (c), (d) and (e) of paragraph 3 of resolution 1591 (2005), as modified
               by paragraph 3 of resolution 2035 (2012), and reaffirms the provisions of
               subparagraph (f), (g) of paragraph 3 of resolution 1591 (2005), paragraph 9 of
               resolution 1556 (2004), and paragraph 4 of resolution 2035 (2012);
                     2.    Decides to extend until 12 March 2021 the mandate of the Panel of Experts
               originally appointed pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) and previously extended by
               resolutions 1779 (2007), 1841 (2008), 1945 (2010), 2035 (2012), 2138 (2014), 2200
               (2015), 2265 (2016), 2340 (2017), and 2400 (2018), reaffirms the mandate of the
               Panel of Experts’ as established in resolutions 1591 (2005), 1779 (2007), 1841 (2008),
               1945 (2010), 2035 (2012), 2138 (2014), 2200 (2015), 2265 (2016), 2340 (2017), 2400
               (2018), and 2455 (2019) and requests the Panel of Experts to provide to the Security
               Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the
               Sudan (hereafter “the Committee”) with an interim report on its activities no later
               than 12 August 2020, and provide to the Council, after discussion with the Committee,
               a final report by 13 January 2021 with its findings and recommendations, and further
               requests the Panel of Experts to provide updates every three months to the Committee
               regarding its activities, including Panel travel, and the implementation and
               effectiveness of paragraph 10 of resolution 1945 (2010), and expresses its intention




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               to review the mandate and take appropriate action regarding the further extension of
               the mandate no later than 12 February 2021;
                     3.    Expresses its intention to regularly review the measures on Darfur, as
               recalled in paragraph 1, in light of the evolving situation on the ground, taking note
               of the Committee Chair’s report and recommendations, and in light of the upcoming
               interim report by the Panel of Experts due by 12 August 2020 as well as the final
               report by the Panel of Experts due by 13 January 2021, and taking into account
               relevant Security Council resolutions;
                    4.   Further expresses its intention to establish clear, well identified, and
               measurable key benchmarks that could serve in guiding the Security Council to
               review measures on the Government of Sudan as set out in paragraph 1;
                    5.    Decides to remain seized of the matter.




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