World watches Sudan peace process



Forced Migration Review’s special issue on "Sudan: prospects of peace" is 

launched on 30th November with launches in London, Khartoum and Juba.



"Sudan: prospects for peace" offers a wide range of opinion on the 

inclusiveness of the peace process, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement’s 

prospects for success, feasibility of plans to assist the return of IDPs and 

refugees and recovery and development strategies. Many of the 38 authors 

regret the inability to negotiate peace in Darfur, the ongoing crisis in 

Eastern Sudan, exclusion of women from the peace process and the significant 

delays in merging the northern and southern armies and delivering funding 

pledged by the international community in Oslo in April.



The Editors express qualified optimism: “If Sudanese can return home with 

dignity, if gross inequalities in distribution of wealth and provision of 

services can be redressed, if Sudanese women are given space to contribute to 

its recovery and if Sudan can leap up the human development ladder to achieve 

the Millennium Development Goals, the Sudanese will have much to teach other 

countries emerging from the shadow of war.” 



Nine thousand copies will be distributed in Sudan thanks to financial 

assistance from the US Institute of Peace, UNDP and UNICEF. The FMR Editors 

are grateful for logistical assistance from the Government of National Unity, 

the Government of Southern Sudan and the UN. 



Each of the three launch events on 30th November includes a panel discussion 

focusing on displacement, return and the prospects for peace in Sudan. Details 

of speakers are available from the Editors. 



The Khartoum event is being attended by several members of the Government of 

National Unity, members of the National Assembly, senior staff from UN 

agencies and representatives of leading civil society organisations and 

international NGOs. The debate on plans for IDP return and reintegration will 

be widely publicised in the Sudanese press.



The full text of articles is now online at: http://www.fmreview.org/sudan.htm 

(English edition) and at http://www.hijra.org.uk/sudan.htm (Arabic edition). 



If you usually receive FMR, your copy will be mailed to you shortly. 

Otherwise, if you wish to obtain a hard copy, please contact the Editors at 

[log in to unmask] or on +44 1865 280700.



best wishes

Marion Couldrey & Tim Morris

Editors



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