Resolution nº S/RES/2265 (2016) of the United Nations Security Council

• Year: 2016
• Issuer: Security Council of the United Nation

United Nations

S

/RES/ 2265 (2 016)

Security Council

Distr. : Genera l

10 F ebruary 2016

16-0187 0 (E)

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Resolution 2265 (2016)

Adopted by the Security Council at its 7619 th mee ting, on

10 February 2016

The S ecurity Counci l,

Reca llin g its previ ous resolut ions and state ments of its Presid ent concern ing

Suda n,

Reaf firm ing it s c ommitme nt to the cause of pe ace throug hout Sudan , t o the

sove reignty, indep endence , un ity and territo rial integri ty o f S udan, and to the full

and timely impl ementat ion o f reso lution 1591 (2005) , and recal ling t he imp ortanc e

of the princ iples of good neighb ourline ss, non-int erferenc e a nd c ooperati on i n th e

relat ions among Sta tes in t he r egion, and reca llin g that the Gov ernment of Suda n

bear s t he primary re sponsib ility for prot ecting all pop ulation s w ithin its terr itory,

with re spect for the rul e of law, internat ional huma n r ights law and in ternatio nal

huma nitarian law,

Reit erati ng the nee d for a n end t o the v iolence and con tinued abuses i n Darfu r,

unde rsco ring the import ance of fully addr essing the root cau ses of t he c onflict in

the search f or a sus tainable peace, and re cogn izin g th at the D arfur co nflict cannot b e

resol ved mi litarily and a durab le solu tion ca n only be ob tained through an i nclusive

poli tical pr ocess,

Noti ng the impo rtance of the work of the A frican Unio n Hig h-Leve l

Impl ementati on Pan el (AU HIP), t he aim s of t he Doh a Docu ment fo r Peac e in

Darf ur (DDPD ), and the stated c ommitme nt of the Gover nment of Sudan to an

inclu sive nat ional dia logue bu ilding o n the AUHIP ’s ongoing peace eff orts, an d

calli ng for an e nvironme nt cond ucive to that na tional d ialogue,

Expre ssin g deep concern at the in creased viole nce a nd ins ecurity in Darfur in

rece nt months, inc luding figh ting betwee n the governm ent and ar med groups and

inter commun al fighti ng, expre ssing de ep conce rn that such vio lence ha s had an

adve rse effe ct on t he secu rity sit uation, has co ntribute d to th e signi ficant i ncrease in

the numbe r of in ternally displa ced pers ons obs erved i n 2014, and conti nues to

restr ict h umanita rian access to c onflict area s whe re vu lnerable civi lian p opulati ons

resid e, and reaffi rmin g the cru cial need to ad dress the urge nt humanit arian cris is

face d by the pe ople o f Darf ur, incl uding by fac ilitatin g safe, timel y and unhind ered

huma nitarian acces s to all are as by humanit arian agencies and personne l, con sistent

with t he United N ations gu iding prin ciples of h umanita rian assis tance, inc luding