Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan - Security Council, 9337th Meeting

Security Council Extends Mandate of Assistance Mission in Sudan, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2685 (2023).

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 00:20:00
• Production Date: 2 June 2023
• Asset Language: Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Original; Russian; Spanish
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL; UNITED NATIONS INTEGRATED TRANSITION ASSISTANCE MISSION IN SUDAN - UNITAMS
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS; PEACEBUILDING; SOUTH SUDAN SITUATION
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN; SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 3051340
• Parent Id: 3050813

Description

The Security Council today decided to extend the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) until 3 December 2023.

Unanimously adopting resolution 2685 (2023) (to be issued as document S/RES/2685(2023)), the 15-member organ also requested the Secretary-General to continue reporting on the implementation of the Mission’s mandate every 90 days and decided to remain actively seized of the matter.

The Council members sent a unified endorsement of UNITAMS, noting that the Mission’s presence is more important than ever to coordinate the United Nations response to the complex challenges facing Sudan.

The meeting began at 4:28 p.m. and ended at 4:48 p.m.