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ANNEX A TO UNAMID MSD QUICK GUIDE

CHALLENGES / RESTRICTIONS BY GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN ON UNAMID OPERATIONS

Section

2011 / 12 2012 / 13

Challenges Effects Challenges Effects

Aviation

Procedural delays and refusal

to grant permission/clearance

to UNAMID flights by Military

Intelligence, National Security

and Sudan Civilian Aviation

Authority. Occurs when amendments to daily flight

schedule (DFS) are submitted.

No reason is given for refusal verbally or in writing

Total denial by GoS authorities

(MI/NS/SCAA) for

Medevac/Casevac flight to land

at Super Camps having level II

and III medical facilities

available as well as refusal for

night flights. No reason is given

for refusal verbally or in writing

Restriction of movement to

certain areas by MI GoS

Obtaining clearances from MI

for flight operations and airport

facilities installation /

development.

Flight delays and disruption of

air operations

Life threatening consequences.

Serious impediment in swift and direct transportation of

critical cases from Team Sites

to Level-III hospitals in Nyala Super Camp noting road

distance from Nyala Airport to

the Super Camp is 22km

Flights to Sortoni problematic.

Projects planned for the rehabilitation of Darfur

Airports suffered affecting

operational capability

Same

Same

Deteriorating security situation,

including factional and tribal

conflicts, particularly in North and Central Sectors

Working closely with GoS on rehabilitation of Shawa and

operationalisation of El Genieina;

airfield lighting

Same

Same

Impact on air operations and

resupply of Team Sites.

Anticipate some improvement

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CITS,

Engineering

Restrictions on importation of

equipment from some

countries, delayed clearances

and restrictions on installation

Delays in execution of CITS

projects, including backbone

projects, aimed at providing better services mission-wide

Same Same

Finance

Inconsistency in the application

of VAT. Though exempted, GoS requires original invoices by

vendors. Furthermore, for every

local invoice paid, a separate Note Verbal is issued to GoS Tax

authority thru MOFA

Delays in payment

transactions and extra workload and risk of loss of

original invoices once

removed from UNAMID archived files.

Same Same

General

Services

Increasing interference in the

operations of PX contractor by

different agencies of GOS.

(i) refusal by GoS to clear

shipments at the port or

to transport shipments

by land without armed

escort;

(ii) interrogation of ESKO

staff by GoS agents at

Khartoum airport when

merchandise are to be

airlifted by commercial

airlines;

Delayed shipments to UNAMID PX operations

resulting in low and non-

existent stocks in remote sites and low moral of the staff in

Sectors

Two containers of electronics,

toiletries, tobacco and perfumes were sent back from

Port Sudan to Haiti and

Liberia due to refusal of GoS agents to clear them after

spending eight (8) months at

the port

Same

Same

Human

Resources

Delays in issuance of Sudanese

visas

Recruitment lead-time has increased, affecting delivery of

mandate. Hiring managers

and candidates frustrated.

Number of good candidates lost to other missions

Situation exacerbated by prolonged period of non-visa issue

Same

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Restriction of movement of

national staff, including their

arrests and harassment

Low morale of national staff,

especially those frequently

travelling on duty

Medical

Denial of import license

approval for narcotics,

insistence on procurement from

GoS authorised outlets, and on

the quantities to be procured

Denial of clearance approval on

reproductive health materials

Prescribed quantities of

narcotics do not meet

UNAMID requirements; hampering implementation of

UN policy on prevention and

transmission of sexually transmitted diseases, HIV and

AIDS

Same Same

MovCon,

Transport,

Medical,

Procurement

and Contracts

Management

GoS approval required for

cargo that can be airlifted on

UN aircraft to Team Sites

GoS-approval required for

passengers transported in UN

aircraft

GoS-approval required for

moving UNOE to other

Missions

GoS delays on delivering

paperwork (Yellow Copy of F1

form) to the entry points of

importation

GoS denial to conduct business

with certain countries. This

defies the terms of the SOFA

agreement and the rules and

Delays in the resupply of

crucial items like spare parts, rations, medical supplies

including blood. Spoilage of

fresh fruits and vegetables

No passenger to board/or be

added to UNAMID aircraft at

short notice without prior National Security/ Military

Intelligence approval.

Problematic for UNISFA and

UNMISS

Delays in clearing goods and

increased demurrage

Delays in operations implementation

Same

Same

Same

Same

Same

Same

Same

Same

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regulations of the organization

Supply GoS insistence on escorting

trucks carrying containers

loaded with food rations from

El Obeid into Darfur, and

frequent stoppage or

cancellations of transportation

GoS insistence that all trucks

carrying container loaded with

food rations being delivered

from UNAMID Super Camp to

team sites be either on

UNAMID-escorted convoy or GoS-escorted convoy. These

convoys are not reliable as

multiple cancellations were experienced by the Mission

GoS restriction on movement of

trucks carrying fuel due to

security reasons, including

clearance denial for UNAMID

escorted convoys

Food rations meant for

consumption at certain periods

could not be supplied timely to the troops who ended up with

fewer entitlements than

expected.

The contractor requested

UNAMID to fly the food using its air assets or approval

from the Mission to fly the

food by commercial means to

the destinations resulting in additional cost to the mission

Convoys were considerably delayed threatening stock

replenishment of fuel in

general and from hubs to team

site locations in particular

Same

Same

Same

Same

Same

Same

Water /

Environment

GoS yet to provide land for one

landfill site (El Geneina) and

tipping site at 24 team site

locations

Delays in acquiring land for

carrying out hydro-geophysical

surveys and development of

boreholes

Improper disposal of solid

wastes within the camp,

posing health risks to the camp residents

No hydro-geophysical surveys have been carried out in El

Geneina, resulting in

continuous outsourcing of

water from vendors

Same

Same

Same

Same

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