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<p>Through sustained bilateral engagement by myself and senior officials across the
region, the British Government is urging InterGovernmental Authority on Deveoplment
(IGAD) member states and African Union leaders to take action against those who have
violated the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement.</p><p>We welcome the renewed commitment
by the parties in the Khartoum Declaration to a permanent ceasefire. Both the region
and the parties to the conflict must ensure that the agreement is implemented in full
and without delay, and that it is robustly and independently monitored. However, the
new ceasefire does not negate the need to respond to the continued and repeated violations
of the December 2017 Cessation of Hostilities Agreement. We stand ready to support
action by IGAD and the African Union to signal an end to impunity by delivering punitive
measures against those responsible.</p>
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