The UN Security Council extends sanctions imposed on Sudan an additional year

On Wednesday, the UN Security Council extended the sanctions imposed on Sudan for an additional year. The sanctions included an arms embargo until the 12th of September 2025.The resolution was unanimously approved by the fifteen members of the Security Council.

In 2005, during the bloody conflict in the Darfur region, the United Nations imposed a series of sanctions on Khartoum, in addition to an arms embargo.

The Security Council adopted the resolution by specifically targeting individuals and entities involved in the conflict in Darfur. It included a travel ban, an asset freeze, and an arms embargo.

The sanctions committee that oversees implementation is also part of the resolution, in addition to a committee of experts that collects information on compliance and reports to the Council.

Robert A. Wood, Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations expressed his gratitude to the members of the Council “For their constructive participation in renewing sanctions imposed on Sudan for an additional 12 months.”

In regards to the “Danger and desperation” the people of Darfur face, Robert A. Wood noted: “This sends them an important message; that the international community remains focused on their plight and committed to promoting peace and security in Sudan and the region.”

He added that “The renewal of the sanctions measures will restrict the movement of weapons into Darfur as well as impose sanctions on individuals and entities that contribute to or are complicit in destabilizing activities in Sudan.”

Khartoum has repeatedly called on the Council to lift these sanctions and the arms embargo imposed during the war that broke out in Darfur in 2005. Meanwhile, the Rapid Support Forces have called for the activation of the decision of imposing an air embargo in Darfur to include all regions, regardless of whether these areas are witnessing military confrontations or not.