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<p>We note the Elie Wiesel Act report to Congress by the US State Department and share
the concerns highlighted regarding intercommunal violence in Abyei. The UK has taken
a leading role in supporting the wider processes for justice and accountability in
Sudan and South Sudan, and will continue to call for accountability for crimes committed
in Abyei. We urge the Governments of Sudan and South Sudan to regularise meetings
of the Abyei Joint Oversight Committee and agree joint security mechanisms to improve
stability in Abyei until its final status can be agreed. Most recently, the UK Special
Representative to Sudan and South Sudan discussed Abyei with Sudanese authorities
on 28 June in Khartoum, and will discuss this issue with the South Sudanese authorities
in Juba later this month.</p><p>The UK Government is heavily engaged with the UN Interim
Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and we welcomed their mandate renewal from the UN
Security Council on 12 May. We join the UN Secretary-General's call for the African
Union to intensify its mediation efforts to help reach a political solution for Abyei.
We will continue to work with the UN and the humanitarian community in Sudan and South
Sudan to address humanitarian needs in Abyei and call on the governments of both countries
to allow humanitarian actors to deliver aid without hindrance.</p>
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