UN General Assembly
2013

the presence of Mr. Mbeki, the two Presidents came to an agreement on how to deal with all pending matters. They also appealed to the international community to cancel the Sudan’s debt and to lift the sanctions imposed on it. Turning now to the matter of unilateral sanctions, it is our hope that we will have strong and healthy relations with South Sudan, and we will spare no effort to achieve that. We trust the international community will be supportive of our efforts. We would like to extend our thanks to the African high-level mechanism and the Prime Minister of Ethiopia in this connection. I am happy to be able to report that the efforts of the Government of the Sudan and the international community vis-à-vis Darfur have made possible real and continuous progress in terms of stability and security. There has been a sharp drop in the violence there because those that signed the Doha peace agreement have lived up to their promises. Many of the armed groups joined the agreement later. The voluntary