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UN Security Council extends mandate for experts' panel in Sudan

Xinhua, February 13, 2015 Adjust font size:

The UN Security Council on Thursday extended the mandate of the panel of experts monitoring the implementation of sanctions in Darfur, Sudan, for another 13 months until March 12, 2016.

In a unanimously adopted resolution here, the council members said they intend to review the panel's mandate and take appropriate action regarding further extension no later than Feb. 12, 2016.

Saying it regrets that "some individuals of the Government of Sudan and armed groups in Darfur continue to commit violence against civilians, impede the peace process, and disregard the demands of the Council," the council expresses the council members ' intention to impose targeted sanctions against such individuals and entities.

In addition, the resolution insisted that the government of Sudan remove all restrictions, limitations and bureaucratic impediments imposed on the work of the panel of experts, including by issuing timely multiple-entry visas to all members of the panel of experts for the duration of its mandate and by waiving the requirement of Darfur travel permits for panel members.

Darfur has been crippled by fighting between rebel groups and government forces and allied militia since 2003, which has led to the deaths of about 300,000 people and displaced nearly 2 million over the past 10 years. Endite