Source: Xinhua| 2017-11-16 19:28:33|Editor: pengying
ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) — The Ethiopian government, as the sole troop contributing country to UNISFA, on Thursday welcomed the renewal of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), a contested area on the border of Ethiopia’s neighboring countries, Sudan and South Sudan.
ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) — The Ethiopian government, as the sole troop contributing country to UNISFA, on Thursday welcomed the renewal of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), a contested area on the border of Ethiopia’s neighboring countries, Sudan and South Sudan.
The Security Council has also extended, for the same duration, the tasks of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) set out in the resolution that authorized the deployment of UNISFA in 2011.
The UNSC also extended, until 15 April 2018, UNISFA’s support for the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism, which was established by the two countries as part of the negotiations on South Sudan’s secession from Sudan in July 2011.
The Council, however, decided that this renewal of UNISFA’s support for the Mechanism will be “the final such extension” unless Sudan and South Sudan ensure the free, unhindered and expeditious movement to and from Abyei and throughout the Safe Demilitarized Border Zone of all personnel, as well as equipment, provisions, supplies and other goods, including vehicles, aircraft, and spare parts, which are for the exclusive and official use of UNISFA.
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