UN General Assembly
2014

six major priorities: unity and peace, the economy, fundamental freedoms and rights, their identity, foreign relations and the issues of governance and the implementation of the outcomes of the national dialogue. The President’s appeal enjoyed an unprecedented response on the part of all political forces in the Sudan and the international community in view of the fact that both the Government and the opposition were convinced that dialogue was the only option at that time, as agreed by the people of the Sudan. There followed a succession of organizational and procedural consultations in order to translate the statement of His Excellency the President into concrete steps. The initiative even found a positive response among the armed groups that still existed. I would like to affirm the State’s intention to move the dialogue forward in the hope of achieving a national consensus on the political future of the country. In that regard, we greatly appreciate the ongoing efforts of the African Union and the African Union High-level Implementation Panel on the three major political, security and economic tracks. We call on