29.08.2007 - Source: UN Security Council

The Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement signed in October 2006 has a few provisions for children, including references to education, health, release of children, return and reintegration, but progress in implementation of the agreement has been slow ("Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in the Sudan [S/2007/520]") [ID 21437]

"The Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement was signed on 14 October 2006 in Asmara between the Eastern Front armed group and the Government of National Unity, after 12 years of armed conflict.

The peace agreement has a few provisions for children but is mostly focused on the coverage of essential security arrangements and power-relationship provisions.

Nevertheless, it does contain references to education, health, release of children, return and reintegration, and those references have been successfully used as entry points for a dialogue on children by humanitarian actors on the ground.

Progress in implementation of the Agreement has been slow, and access for humanitarian actors in the East has also been difficult.

Nonetheless, Government authorities and leaders of different ethnic groups have emphasized the importance of the Agreement as an entry point for enhanced programming in Eastern Sudan, especially for children.

The three Eastern States, Gedaref, Kassala and Red Sea, are among the most underdeveloped regions in the North. The East has received inadequate attention, as international humanitarian and development funding for the area has been extremely limited and interventions have been mostly confined to small-scale, short-term emergency projects."

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18.08.2006 - Source: ReliefWeb

Progress on development issues at peace talks between Sudanese government and rebel group Eastern Front ("East Sudan peace talks progress in Eritrea: officials"), Autor: AFP [ID 15884]

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