The UN Security Council voted Wednesday to renew for a year the sanctions regime that has hit Sudan since 2005 and the Darfur conflict, but Russia and China abstained.
With 13 votes in favour and two abstentions, the Council “decided to extend until 12 March 2024 the mandate of the panel of experts originally appointed under resolution 1591 of 2005 and previously extended” by a number of successive texts voted against Sudan over the past 18 years, according to the new resolution 2676.
These panels of experts are charged by the UN Security Council with monitoring the implementation of arms embargoes and economic sanctions imposed on a number of countries in crisis or conflict situations.
