Section 11
Sudan's position, demands and recommendations
The Republic of Sudan has met aggression with restraint and provocation with patience. That patience must not be mistaken for acquiescence.
The sovereign position of the Republic of Sudan
- Formal complaint. The Republic of Sudan will lodge a formal complaint against the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, and against every other State found to have financed, supplied, facilitated or participated in these attacks, before the United Nations Security Council, the African Union Peace and Security Council and all competent international and regional bodies.
- Independent examination of the evidence. Sudan stands ready to place the recovered wreckage, the flight-control hardware, the original data and the chain-of-custody records before an independent international team of technical experts, under the auspices of the United Nations or the African Union. Sudan has nothing to conceal; it invites those who deny the evidence to examine it.
- Right of response. Sudan's recourse to international mechanisms is a choice, not a limitation. Should those mechanisms prove unable or unwilling to enforce international law and bring these attacks to an end, the Republic of Sudan will exercise in full its inherent right of self-defence under Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, at the time and in the manner it deems appropriate, and will take every measure necessary to protect its people, its territory and its sovereignty.
- Continued documentation. The Government of Sudan will continue to monitor, record and document every launch, and will place further evidence before the international community as it is obtained.
To the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- Cease immediately all drone launches from Ethiopian territory against Sudan.
- Close Asosa Airport, the Kurmuk–Gizen border sector and Bahir Dar Air Base to all RSF and third-party drone operations against Sudan, and remove the associated ground-control and launch infrastructure.
- Dismantle the RSF training camp at Menge and cease all logistical, financial and military support to the militia.
- Accept an independent international verification mission on the Sudan–Ethiopia border.
- Make full reparation for the deaths, injuries and destruction caused.
To the United Nations Security Council
- Convene an urgent meeting on the cross-border drone attacks against Sudan, at the request of Sudan under Article 35 of the Charter.
- Take immediate and effective measures, in accordance with its Charter and the rules and principles of international law, to end foreign aggression against Sudan, condemn the States involved in that aggression, and uphold Sudan's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
To the African Union and IGAD
- Convene the Peace and Security Council in emergency session and invoke the AU Non-Aggression and Common Defence Pact.
- Call on Ethiopia, as a Member State, to honour Article 4(f) and 4(g) of the Constitutive Act.
To the United Arab Emirates
- Respond to the independent findings that it financed and supplied the RSF camp in Ethiopia and the airlift into Asosa, and cease all support to the militia.
To the international community
- Condemn the launching of drone attacks against Sudan from Ethiopian territory.
- Impose targeted measures on the individuals and entities who finance, supply, host or operate the drone campaign.
- Support accountability for the attacks on civilians, hospitals and the power grid.
The position of the Republic of Sudan
Sudan seeks peace with all its neighbours and has met provocation with patience. But no State can be asked to absorb, indefinitely, armed attacks launched from across its border. The evidence is before the international community, and the responsibility to act is now its own. The Republic of Sudan will pursue every legal avenue to hold the States involved to account, and it reserves, in full, its sovereign right to respond should international law go unenforced.