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(AUHIP), as well as the extraordinary meeting of the JPSM on 13-14 October 2015
and the ordinary session of the JPSM on 5 June 2016,
Encouraging progress on improving bilateral relations between Sudan and
South Sudan, and stressing the need for regular meetings of the JPSM and other
joint mechanisms, including the Joint Border Commission and Joint Demarcation
Committee, to enable dialogue and coordination on matters of border security,
Urging the Governments of Sudan and South Sudan to reinvigorate progress
towards implementing the Temporary Arrangements for the Administration and
Security of the Abyei Area as set out in the 20 June 2011 Agreement,
Expressing its full support for the efforts of the African Union on the situation
between the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan, in order to ease
the current tension, facilitate the resumption of negotiations on post -secession
relations and the normalization of their relations, and stressing the importance of the
African Union’s continued engagement,
Reaffirming its previous resolutions 1265 (1999), 1296 (2000), 1674 (2006),
1738 (2006), 1894 (2009) 2175 (2014) and 2222 (2015) on the protection of
civilians in armed conflict; 1612 (2005), 1882 (2009), 1998 (2011), 2068 (2012),
2143 (2014) and 2223 (2015) on children and armed conflict; 1502 (2003) on the
protection of humanitarian and United Nations personnel; and 1325 (2000), 1820
(2008), 1888 (2009), 1889 (2009), 1960 (2010), 2106 (2013), 2122 (2013), and
2242 (2015) on women, peace and security,
Stressing the need for effective human rights monitoring and reporting,
including of any sexual and gender-based violence and violations and abuses
committed against women and children, taking note that there have been no
developments with regard to the operationalization of human rights monitoring in
the Abyei Area, and reiterating its concern at the lack of cooperation by the parties
with the Secretary-General to this end,
Recalling that its resolution 2086 (2013) reiterates the importance, when
establishing and renewing the mandates of United Nations Missions, of including
provisions on the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women in
post-conflict situations and on children and armed conflict, and emphasizing that
persistent barriers to full implementation of resolution 1325 (2000), and subsequent
resolutions on women, peace, and security, including 2242 (2015), will only be
dismantled through dedicated commitment to women’s empowerment, participation,
and human rights, and through concerted leadership, co nsistent information and
action, and support, to build women’s engagement in all levels of decision-making,
Acknowledging the Government of Sudan and the Government of South
Sudan’s acceptance at the 13-14 October 2015 JPSM meeting of the map presented
by the AUHIP in November 2011 relating to the Safe Demilitarized Border Zone
(SDBZ), their agreement that the centreline is only the location of the separation
line between armed forces, as well as the parties’ agreement to activate all
mechanisms relating to the JPSM as provided for in relevant agreements, and
encouraging the parties to delineate or agree on the coordinates of, and demilitarize
the SDBZ, including the “14 Mile Area”, and to fully implement the Joint Border
Verification and Monitoring Mechanism (JBVMM), in accordance with Security
Council resolution 2046 (2012) and the AUPSC Roadmap of 24 April 2012, and
underlining the importance of fully establishing and maintaining effective JBVMM
monitoring of the SDBZ, including the “14 Mile Area”, and further urging the
parties to cooperate in allowing the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei
(UNISFA) to fulfill its responsibility to provide security for the JBVMM ’s mission
to monitor the SDBZ,
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