Cease Fire – 2007

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Cease Fire – 2007

2007

Intermediate Implementation Intermediate implementation

The security situation remained under control as no heavy fighting took place to disrupt the holding of the ceasefire agreement. On 22 and 23 December, violent clashes erupted in areas of Meiram, Al Girinti and Al Jurf between Misseriya tribe and SPLA units but the tension was diffused once a meeting between Misseriya leaders and the Secretary General of SPLM met on 24 December.1 Some 3,600 SAF troops remained in southern Sudan. The troops were said required to secure oil fields until the deployments of JIUs, which the SPLA disputed.2 Some progress was made in terms of the formation of JIUs. The SPLA redeployment was contingent upon the establishment of the JIUs, which reached 77% (30,112) of total anticipated strength of 39,000 troops.3 However, there were some provisions of the ceasefire agreement that were not implemented on time. The redeployment of the SAF to the north of the 1 January 1956 border between northern and southern Sudan was not completed by 9 July 2007.

In September, the SPLA was accused of not withdrawing its troops from two regions – al-Mujlad and al-Dibab- north of the border.4 Even when the Cease-fire Political Commission had determined that the SPLA should withdraw its forces from these two areas in a one week period of time, the SPLA suggested timeline indicated that the it would start to withdraw its troops by the end of February 2008.5 On issues related to relocation of SAF and SPLA, the Cease-fire Commission set the 9th January 2008 as deadline for relocation of SAF from the south and the SPLA from the Blue Nile and south Kordofan in their respective places.6

While both sides maintained ceasefire amidst some eruptions of violent activities, provisions related to redeployment of troops from both side, the formation of JIUs were delayed. Also, both parties re-imposed restrictions on UNMO movement in Abyei on 28 February 2007.7

  1. “Reports of the Secretary General on the Sudan,” United Nations (S/2008/64), January 31, 2008.
  2. “Reports of the Secretary General on the Sudan,” United Nations (S/2007/500), August 20, 2007.
  3. “Reports of the Secretary General on the Sudan,” United Nations (S/2006/213), April 17, 2007.
  4. “Sudan: Ruling Party Accuses Ex-Southern Rebels of Breaching Cease-Fire Pact,” BBC Monitoring Middle East, September 29, 2007.
  5. “Sudan: SPLA Refuses to Withdraw from South Kordofan State Before Feb 2008,” BBC Monitoring Middle East, October 17, 2007.
  6. “UN envoy urges Sudan’s peace partners to solve pending issues,” BBC Monitoring Middle East, December 8, 2007.
  7. “The CPA Monitor-Monthly report on the Implementation of the CPA,” UNMIS, February 2009.