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The Sudanese Parties Sign the Agreement on the Modalities for the Establishment
of the Ceasefire Commission and the Deployment of Observers in the Darfur

African Union (Addis Ababa)
PRESS RELEASE
May 28, 2004
Posted to the web May 28, 2004
Addis Ababa
The Government of the Sudan, on the one hand, the Sudan Liberation Movement
(SLM) and the Justice Equality Movement (JEM), on the other, have signed today,
at the AU Headquarters, the Agreement on the Modalities for the Establishment
of the Ceasefire Commission and the Deployment of Observers in the Darfur,
submitted to them by the African Union (AU) and its partners.
The Agreement covers, among others, the composition and the mandate of the
Ceasefire Commission (CFC) as provided for by the Humanitarian Ceasefire
Agreement signed in N'djamena, Chad, on 8 April 2004, as well as the modalities
for monitoring and verification.
Today's signing paves the way for the deployment of the observers by the AU and
its partners in the international community.
It should be indicated that, following the signing, the Ceasefire Commission
held its first meeting at the AU Headquarters. On that occasion, the Sudanese
parties recommitted themselves to the scrupulous implementation of the
Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement and pledged to extend full cooperation to the
Mission. They also introduced their representatives to the CFC.
On his part, the AU Commissioner for Peace and Security announced that the
first batch of AU observers would be deployed to Darfur, by next Wednesday, 2
June 2004.

   

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