Security Council Meets on Situation in Sudan and South Sudan

Robert A. Wood, Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Sudan and South Sudan.

The Security Council adopts Resolution 2731 (2024) on South Sudan sanctions. The resolution was adopted with 9 votes in favour, none against and 6 abstentions (Algeria, China, Guyana, Mozambique, Russian Federation and Sierra Leone).

The Resolution renews until 31 May 2025 the measures on arms imposed by paragraph 4 of resolution 2428 (2018), and reaffirms the provisions of paragraph 5 of resolution 2428 (2018) as well as paragraph 2 of resolution 2683 (2023), which removed the notification requirement for the supply, sale or transfer of non-lethal military equipment, solely in support of the implementation of the terms of the peace agreement, and related technical assistance or training on non-lethal military equipment.