OIC Affirms Solidarity with Sudan, Describes RSF as “Rebel Forces”

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) affirmed its full solidarity with Sudan in its ongoing war against the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
It stressed the importance of preserving Sudan’s security and stability, respecting its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
It also considered the Jeddah Forum to be the basis for any negotiations, calling for the implementation of all its provisions and outcomes.

This came in the resolution adopted by the Council of Foreign Ministers of the OIC at its 50th session in Yaoundé, Cameroon, from 29 to 30 August 2024.
The resolution included:
– Affirming full solidarity with the Republic of Sudan in its fight against the rebel Rapid Support Forces.
– Adopting the description of the Rapid Support Militia as “rebel forces”, for the first time in the resolutions of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
– Emphasizing the importance of preserving security, stability, and respecting the unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Sudan

– Considering the Jeddah platform as the primary platform for negotiations, and emphasizing the necessity of implementing all its provisions and outcomes

Ambassador Dafallah Al-Hajj Ali, Sudan’s Permanent Representative to the Organization, led the country’s delegation to the meeting.
The delegation actively participated in the session’s work and provided extensive details about the violations and atrocities committed by the rebel militia against unarmed civilians, targeting residential areas, safe villages and hospitals, besides committing a number of massacres, in addition to detaining several thousand innocent citizens after kidnapping them from their homes or from the streets.
The delegation strongly opposed the attempts of the UAE and Chad to not describe the Rapid Support Militia as rebels.

Ambassador Hussein Awad Ali, the Minister of Foreign Affairs in charge, welcomed the decision of the international organization, which is one of the largest organizations after the United Nations. He expressed his appreciation to the member states for their solidarity with Sudan and their strong support for it. He considered that the decision embodies the growing international and regional awareness of the reality of the militia, and that it is nothing more than a rebel and terrorist force.
The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and the League of Arab States had previously described the militia as such.
He said that Sudan has been calling on international and regional organizations and the international community as a whole to consider the militia a rebel and terrorist group that threatens the safety of the state and regional and international security and stability, describing what was achieved in Yaoundé as a step in this direction and a victory for Sudanese diplomacy.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs pledged to double efforts and endeavors at the external level and through all international and regional platforms to expose the war crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes of genocide committed by the rebel militia with the aim of classifying it as a terrorist organization.