During the meeting, all participants welcomed the signing in Berlin of the pre-negotiation agreement between the Government of Sudan and the Justice and Equality Movement – Jibril Ibrahim and the Sudan Liberation Movement – Mini Minawi, hoping that this would lead to substantial negotiations on the cessation of hostilities and the resumption of negotiations in Doha next month. They also called for renewed efforts to facilitate the voluntary return of internally displaced persons and the reintegration of veterans. In view of the continued decline of UNAMID, the need for enhanced coordination between UNAMID, the Darfur Monitoring Office for Peace, signatory movements and other DDPD actors was the subject of disagreement. In presenting the IFC secretariat`s report to the meeting, JsR Mamabolo reaffirmed UNAMID`s commitment to continue to support the implementation of the remaining provisions of the DDPD. “UNAMID will continue to work with IFC members to achieve comprehensive and lasting peace throughout Darfur,” said JSR. The Doha Document for Darfur Peace (DDPD) was finalized at the stakeholder conference in All Darfur in May 2011 in Doha, Qatar. On 14 July, the Sudanese government and the Movement for Liberation and Justice signed a protocol pledging to make the DDPD a framework for the comprehensive peace process in Darfur. Democratic processes have been put in place for the people of Darfur to choose their leaders and determine their status as a region. The signatories to the agreement received the fourth highest place in Sudan`s national unity government: the President`s senior assistant and the president of the new Regional Transitional Authority for Darfur (TDRA).
TDRA was held responsible for the implementation of the Darfur peace agreement, with rebel movements effectively controlling the body. A popular referendum was to be held in July 2010 to decide whether Darfur should be a single region with a single government. Three years before the elections, the agreement gave rebel movements 12 seats in the National Assembly in Khartoum, 21 seats in each of Darfur state`s parliaments, a state governor and two deputy governors in Darfur, high positions in state ministries and key positions in local governments. The parties to the IFC, including members of the international community, again urged the leader of the Sudan Liberation Movement, Abdulwahid, to come to the negotiating table and engage in the peace process. In addition to the obligation for the parties to ensure that all rights and freedoms enshrined in this agreement are put to their own benefit and exercise, the document provides for the creation of a number of important institutions that must facilitate the peace process. These institutions include the National Human Rights Commission, the Darfur Regional Authority, the Justice Commission and the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (see Articles 1, 10 and 58). Their main task is to protect and promote human rights, to ensure the representation of the people of Darfur in their national judicial institutions and to provide them with adequate compensation for complaints.