El -Fasher, 05 September 2014 - The African Union -United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Force Commander, Lt. General Paul Mella, attended Final Security Arrangements Exercise for JEM-Sudan Combatants which took place in Gadeed Alsail in El-Fasher, North Darfur. The JEM –Sudan Combatants were going through assessment and registration process aims to register combatants and inspect equipment and other assets of the movement. It also involves reintegration into the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) as well as disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of ex-combatants who are not suitable to join the SAF.

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I would like to commend the great work done and take this opportunity to reaffirm UNAMID’s commitment to continue its support to the work of the Sudan Final Security Arrangements Commission. This is a significant step in the implementation of the final security arrangements as stipulated in the DDPD in particular and the peace process in general,” the Force Commander said.

Lt. General Mella, who also chairs the Cease Fire Commission for Darfur, attended the event with the Commissioner for the final security arrangements, Major General (Rt.) Babikir Kooreina.

On 1 September, 2014, the Sudan Final Security Arrangements Commission began the second phase of implementing the final security arrangements for (JEM-Sudan) Combatants as stipulated in the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD).

JEM-Sudan is the second Armed Movement to renounce violence and sign a peace agreement with the Government of Sudan on the basis of the DDPD. The movement signed a peace agreement with the Government of Sudan on 6 April 2013 in Doha. The Liberation and Justice Movement was the first Armed Movement to conclude a peace deal on 14 July 2011.