Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement

EDM number 370 in 2007-08, proposed by David Drew on 22/11/2007.
Categorised under the topics of Africa, Armed forces and Military operations.

That this House notes that the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between North and South Sudan is the cornerstone of sustainable peace in Sudan; warns that the agreement is in danger of collapse; notes with concern the current standoff between the National Congress Party and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement over the implementation of the agreement; expresses dismay at the recent mobilisation of armed forces at the borders between southern and northern Sudan; calls on both parties to implement in full the agreement that they have signed; urges the Government and the wider international community to immediately engage in resolving disputes, particularly over the status of the Abyei region, transparency in wealth sharing, redeployment of armed forces, the national census and elections; and strongly affirms that a return to war is unacceptable.

This motion has been signed by a total of 57 MPs.