Sudan is an active member of the Nile Basin Initiative, which brought the riparian states together to discuss technical and political cooperation related to Nile water issues. == Arab and Islamic organizations == Sudan joined the Arab League at independence in 1956 and used the organization over the years at every possible opportunity to support its policies.
Sudan is also a member of a number of other Arab or Islamic regional organizations, including the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa, the Arab Monetary Fund, and the Islamic Development Bank. == United Nations == Sudan joined the United Nations in 1956, and its various institutions began almost immediately to assist Sudan.
UN refugee assistance during Sudan’s first civil war began in the early 1960s.
The foreign relations of Sudan are generally in line with the Muslim Arab world, but are also based on Sudan's economic ties with the People's Republic of China and Russia. ==Bilateral relations== ===Africa=== ===Americas=== ===Asia=== ===Europe=== == African regional organizations == Sudan is an active member of all pertinent African organizations and is a charter member of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), established in 1963 and headquartered in Addis Ababa.
In 1965 one of the South Sudanese exile organizations unsuccessfully demanded the intervention of the United Nations to end atrocities.
Sudan joined the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in 1969.
Sudan experienced frequent criticism in UN bodies throughout the first civil war that ended in 1972.
One example occurred in 1976, when Sudan accused Libya at the United Nations of supporting a failed coup attempt. Because the country was engaged continuously in a civil war in the South until 2005 except for the period 1972–83, Sudan was the subject of many UN resolutions.
One example occurred in 1976, when Sudan accused Libya at the United Nations of supporting a failed coup attempt. Because the country was engaged continuously in a civil war in the South until 2005 except for the period 1972–83, Sudan was the subject of many UN resolutions.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme created Operation Lifeline Sudan in 1989 to deal with the problems created in the South by drought and the civil war.
Even so, in 1994, the OAU mandated that negotiations toward ending the civil war be undertaken.
As of 2011, it had been in arrears to the ADB since 1995 but had begun making payments in order to pay down the debt.
The Security Council imposed sanctions on Sudan in May 1996 after Khartoum refused to extradite three Egyptians to Ethiopia for their alleged involvement in the attempted assassination of President Mubarak in Addis Ababa in 1995.
Subsequent indictment by the International Criminal Court further complicated al-Bashir’s situation, and the AU continued to pass over his name in selecting a chairman. Sudan is a charter member of Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), established in 1996 as the successor to an earlier regional grouping.
The Security Council imposed sanctions on Sudan in May 1996 after Khartoum refused to extradite three Egyptians to Ethiopia for their alleged involvement in the attempted assassination of President Mubarak in Addis Ababa in 1995.
The focus of IGAD in the early 2000s was regional cooperation among its seven member states.
The Security Council, with the United States abstaining, removed these sanctions in August 2001.
Sudan consistently made its presence known in the OAU and continued to do so in its successor forum, the African Union (AU), created in 2002.
Following the outbreak of conflict in Darfur in 2003 and sharp criticism of its policies by Western countries, Sudan relied on strong support from the Arab League.
By the end of 2004, the Arab League joined the cease-fire monitoring committee for Darfur.
Much to the consternation of the United States, Sudan in 2004 filled an African regional seat on the United Nations Human Rights Commission.
One example occurred in 1976, when Sudan accused Libya at the United Nations of supporting a failed coup attempt. Because the country was engaged continuously in a civil war in the South until 2005 except for the period 1972–83, Sudan was the subject of many UN resolutions.
In 2005, the UN Security Council agreed to a travel ban and asset freeze on persons suspected of committing human-rights abuses in Darfur and in 2006 imposed sanctions against four Sudanese involved in Darfur atrocities.
A UN commission investigating atrocities in Darfur concluded in 2005 that genocide had not occurred.
The crisis in Darfur prevented Sudan from taking its turn in 2006 to assume the chairmanship of the AU; most AU members wanted Sudan to make more progress in ending the Darfur conflict.
Al-Bashir served as the Arab League chairman in 2006.
In 2005, the UN Security Council agreed to a travel ban and asset freeze on persons suspected of committing human-rights abuses in Darfur and in 2006 imposed sanctions against four Sudanese involved in Darfur atrocities.
President Obama of 22 January 2009 and the White House the Abyei Tribunal's Schedule for the Written Pleadings and Oral Hearing Abyei Hearing Schedule, 18-23 April 2009 Live Webstream Abyei Hearing Proceeds Following Expense Row of 17 April 2009 Oral Hearing of Abyei Arbitration Begin on 18 April 2009 Anniversary of Comprehensive Peace Agreement Between North and South Sudan of 7 January 2009 FCO Sudanese-U.S.
Foreign Relations from the Dean Peter Krogh Foreign Affairs Digital Archives BBC of 9 January 2009
By late 2010, the UN had two of its largest peacekeeping operations—UNMIS and UNAMID—in Sudan. ==See also== List of diplomatic missions in Sudan List of diplomatic missions of Sudan Foreign trade of Sudan ==References== ==External links== North/South Sudan Abyei Boundary Tribunal, including H.E.
As of 2011, it had been in arrears to the ADB since 1995 but had begun making payments in order to pay down the debt.
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