Sudan premier Idris presents new peace initiative before UN Security Council

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The Transitional Government of Sudan has come up with a peace initiative that provides a comprehensive and forward-looking framework that seeks to end the country’s nearly three-year war, which has created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. The Secretariat of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and the African Union Commission (AUC) welcomed the peace initiative presented to the United Nations Security Council on December 22, 2025.

AUC chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf described the initiative as a comprehensive and forward-looking framework that demonstrates a profound understanding of the severe crisis confronting Sudan and its people, as well as a sincere commitment to ending hostilities, halting violence, alleviating humanitarian suffering, and upholding Sudan’s unity, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. The Conference Secretariat expressed strong support for Sudan’s initiative and urged all concerned parties to immediately accept this plan without preconditions.

After the presentation, the UN urged Sudan’s warring parties to pursue compromise and an immediate ceasefire, even as drone attacks, displacement and the killing of peacekeepers underscore the growing risks to civilians and humanitarians.

Sudan Premier Dr Kamil El-Tayeb Idris presented the initiative in New York. Below are excerpts of his statement:

(a) Preamble:

Sudan is facing an existential crisis as a result of the war waged by the rebel militia (formerly the Rapid Support Forces), in flagrant violation of all international laws and norms, which has led to an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe and regional and international instability.

To this end, and in line with the roadmap submitted to your esteemed Council and in conjunction with the Saudi-American peace initiative, we present the Sudanese Government's initiative for peace, which expresses the vision of the Sudanese civilian transitional government of hope to put an end to this armed aggression by the militia and its supporters, protect civilians, and stop the bloodshed, in accordance with the suffering of our people, in order to preserve the unity and soil of our country and to maintain international security and peace.

(b) Basic steps for peace:

First: Ceasefire

- Declaration of a comprehensive ceasefire under the joint supervision of the United Nations, the African Union and the League of Arab States, to be accompanied by the withdrawal of rebel militias from all areas they occupy, in accordance with the Declaration of Principles signed in Jeddah on 11 May 2023.

Second: Gathering rebel militia fighters in designated camps

- Withdrawal of militia fighters and their gathering in agreed camps, under joint supervision (UN, African and Arab).

- Registration and sorting of rebel militia fighters and collection of their personal data (biometric).

Third: Displaced persons, refugees and humanitarian aid

- Facilitate and secure the return of displaced persons to their areas of origin.

- Facilitate and secure the voluntary return of refugees.

- Facilitate and secure the flow of humanitarian aid to those in need in all areas affected by the war.

Fourth: Disarmament of rebel militias

- Implementing comprehensive disarmament under agreed international supervision, with guarantees that weapons will not be recycled.

(c) Confidence-building measures:

- Based on Security Council Resolution 2736, the Sudanese Civilian Transitional Government of Hope, adopting national ownership of peace-building, shall take multiple confidence-building measures to ensure a response to the Sudanese Government's peace initiative, including political, economic, security and social aspects, as follows:

First: Political measures

- Take measures regarding legal prosecution in relation to public law, and adopt policies regarding the accountability of militia members who are not involved in committing war crimes, genocide, human rights violations, or other crimes defined in international law, whether they are military or civilian, while subjecting perpetrators of crimes to transitional justice.

- Not to deprive any Sudanese citizen of obtaining identity documents, reviewing recorded reports, and reconciling the status of anyone who wishes to return to the country in preparation for a climate of Sudanese-Sudanese dialogue.

Second: Security measures

1) Integrating individuals who meet the criteria specified by the state into the regular forces of the Government of Sudan.

2) Implement disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) programs for those who meet the criteria, with the aim of returning them to civilian life.

3) Support reintegration through international and regional programs to rehabilitate former combatants and facilitate their integration into society.

Third: Economic measures (reparations)

1) Support development projects in the states of Darfur and Kordofan, and other affected states, by allocating additional government and international resources, as well as reconstruction projects.

2) Creating productive projects through microfinance funds with the aim of improving living standards in war-affected areas.

3) Providing job opportunities and civilian training programs to rehabilitate former combatants and facilitate their integration into the labour market, while involving non-convicted militia members in the implementation of these projects.

Fourth: Social measures

1) Involving uninvolved militia members and the civil entities that support them in community peace initiatives, and providing opportunities to contribute to community reconciliation and reparation programs, thereby restoring the confidence of local communities in them.

2) Involve uninvolved militia members in educational and health projects by supporting schools and hospitals in war-affected areas and making them part of the community solution.

(c) Reconciliation and community peace conferences:

- Holding international and local conferences to re-establish community peace, reconciliation and national healing, in cooperation with the United Nations, international and regional organisations, donors, and sisterly and friendly countries, to address the effects of war, mend the social fabric and create a healthy community environment.

(c) Political process:

- Holding a Sudanese-Sudanese dialogue during the transitional period, in which political forces agree on how to manage the state and govern the country. This will be followed by free and fair elections under international supervision to complete the requirements for comprehensive democratic transition.