{"id":61683,"date":"2026-05-15T15:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T12:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=61683"},"modified":"2026-05-15T15:54:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T12:54:40","slug":"sudan-from-the-arab-league-statement-to-the-joint-banjul-declaration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/sudan-from-the-arab-league-statement-to-the-joint-banjul-declaration\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudan\u2026 From the Arab League Statement to the Joint Banjul Declaration\u2026??"},"content":{"rendered":"

Abdulmalik Al-Naeem<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday, our article addressed the weak statement issued following the emergency meeting of the at the level of permanent representatives, convened at Sudan\u2019s request in the wake of the Emirati-Ethiopian drone attacks targeting Khartoum Airport, several Sudanese cities, and civilian facilities.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The statement was completely devoid of any condemnation of Ethiopia, due to pressure exerted by the UAE representative at the council and the accommodating compliance shown by most Arab delegates \u2014 with the exception of Algeria. This was for reasons well known to those who follow the affairs of the Arab League and the financial and economic influence wielded by the UAE over the Arab regional system, an influence that has stripped the organization of much of its effectiveness regarding major political developments in the Arab world.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Its inability to speak the truth on Sudan is merely one example among dozens \u2014 if not hundreds \u2014 of violations and failures witnessed across the Arab political arena.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before the ink had even dried on what we wrote regarding the Arab injustice toward Sudan, another injustice \u2014 African and international this time \u2014 arrived from the Gambian capital, Banjul, which is hosting the 87th Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The session reviewed what can only be described as a fragmented, incomplete, and unjust report concerning the Government and people of Sudan. This prompted the head of Sudan\u2019s delegation, Ambassador Al-Zein Ibrahim \u2014 Sudan\u2019s Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union \u2014 to deliver a speech rejecting Sudan\u2019s acceptance of the joint declaration issued by the commission.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The ambassador outlined the reasons for Sudan\u2019s rejection:<\/strong><\/p>\n

First, the lack of legal legitimacy of the body that issued the statement.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Second, the weakness and inaccuracy of the information contained within it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Third, its complete bias in favor of one side against the other.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most importantly, the committee tasked with investigating the violations committed against Sudanese citizens never met the affected parties inside Sudan. Instead, it relied solely on interviews with refugees in camps outside the country, which highlights a major flaw in the information-gathering mechanism upon which the Joint Banjul Declaration was based \u2014 a declaration Sudan has categorically rejected.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sudan has extensive experience with externally driven fact-finding committees on human rights, particularly during this war. Such committees often rely on incomplete hearsay testimonies from individuals in neighboring countries and fail to meet with the national committee legally established by the Sudanese government for this specific purpose.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Moreover, through its Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mission and the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Ambassador Hassan Hamid, Sudan has submitted several reports documenting the grave violations committed by the , supported by audio and visual evidence. These reports reportedly received broad acceptance within the council.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So why do such committees fail to consult those reports and incorporate them before issuing these unbalanced statements that repeatedly wrong Sudan deliberately and with clear premeditation, as recently occurred in Banjul?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Therefore, as the Human Rights Commission concludes its 87th session in Banjul, it must seriously consider the observations and criticisms presented by the head of Sudan\u2019s delegation regarding the methods of data collection and the committee\u2019s procedures, so that the report may be revised before being submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Commission.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking of reports documenting violations against Sudanese citizens and their protected rights, the French parliamentary delegation that recently concluded its visit to Sudan was keen to listen directly to witnesses and victims affected by militia practices during the occupation of El Fasher and several cities in the Darfur region.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The head of the French delegation, , pledged to convey what he saw and heard to the French Parliament and the European Parliament in support of Sudan and in defense of the rights of its citizens.<\/strong><\/p>\n

From the weak Arab League statement to the Joint Banjul Declaration, it appears increasingly clear that both the Arab and African regional institutions have wronged Sudan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is despite the fact that Ethiopia \u2014 which hosts both the and the African Peace and Security Council \u2014 is itself accused of violating Sudanese sovereignty by allowing drones to launch from its territory and by hosting mercenaries in the Benishangul camps, under Emirati influence and support as repayment for favors rendered.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This influence, according to the article\u2019s argument, extends across both the Arab and African organizations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

From this perspective, it becomes evident that the same actor influencing the direction of Arab and African decision-making is the itself, which the article describes as an aggressor state, amid what it characterizes as deliberate regional and international complacency.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The silence of the and the regarding Sudan\u2019s complaint against the UAE, as well as the rejection by both the and the of Sudan\u2019s complaints on procedural grounds, are presented as further examples of this alignment with the UAE for reasons that, according to the article, have become widely understood.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This, the article argues, undermines the credibility and justice of what are called the institutions of the international community, whether political or judicial.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Perhaps these unjust statements against Sudan \u2014 its government and its people \u2014 should become a turning point prompting a reassessment of Sudan\u2019s membership and role within institutions that see the truth yet act otherwise, if not directly against it.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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