Cross-Border Relations Beyond the Referendum Challenges and Opportunities, 2010-03-29 -- 2010-03-31

This series contains proposals, draft agreements, final agreements, reports, situation briefings, memorandums, talking points, personal reflections, press statements, and correspondence relating to de Waal’s work with the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel on Sudan (AUHIP) from 2009 to 2012. These documents cluster around topics associated with the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the Darfur Peace Agreement as well as other outstanding issues relating to peace efforts. They include the resolution of the Abyei Area (MS201.002.00001), Darfur mediation efforts leading to the Doha agreement (2011) (MS201.002.00320), the Political Parties Summit in 2010 (MS201.002.02120), April 2010 general elections in Sudan (MS201.002.00634), efforts leading to the Southern Sudan referendum in January 2011 (MS201.002.02324) and post-referendum implementation and security. In addition, there are records relating to specific transitional areas such as South Kordofon State and Blue Nile State, and other issues AUHIP worked on as part of their mandate.

Due to the complexity of the mediation process, it is difficult to assign a chronology to the arrangement. In some cases, negotiations build on one another and have discreet periods. Leading up to and following the Southern Sudan referendum in January 2011, there were a series of talks to mediate issues following the South Sudan referendum. Records relating to the these talks (in loose chronological order) are MS201.002.02238, Post Referendum Issues; MS201.002.01402, Final Status; and MS201.002.00687, Facilitation.