Access our full range of reports, live feeds and exclusive features on the latest version of our app, which takes in user insight to offer smoother navigation, cutting-edge multimedia contents and in-depth analysis from our trusted team of international journalists. It has also complicated the coordination of international efforts to deliver emergency relief to the 25 million civilians that the United Nations estimates are in need.Ī former academic who has headed the Sudan mission since 2021, Perthes has staunchly defended the UN against accusations of inflaming the conflict, saying those responsible are "the two generals at war".Download France 24’s free app for 24-hour coverage of world news – in English, French, Spanish and Arabic. The fighting has sidelined the envoy's efforts to revive Sudan's transition to civilian rule, which was derailed by a 2021 coup by the two generals before they fell out. "We will share any travel developments" concerning Perthes, Dujarric said.
The envoy, who was in New York when Burhan sent the letter calling for his dismissal, is currently in Addis Ababa, capital of neighboring Ethiopia. On Thursday night, the Sudanese Foreign Ministry said that the government had notified Guterres that it had declared Perthes "persona non grata". Perthes' status is currently unchanged," Dujarric added.Īt the end of May, the head of the Sudanese army, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, wrote to Guterres calling for the dismissal of Perthes, blaming him for the war that broke out in mid-April with the paramilitaries of General Mohamed Hamdane Daglo. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said "the doctrine of persona non grata is not applicable to or in respect of United Nations personnel" and is contrary to Khartoum's obligations under the UN charter, according to his spokesman Stephane Dujarric.
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