UN extends Darfur arms embargo, blocks broader Sudan sanctions proposal

Russia and China block US efforts to expand the Darfur arms embargo to cover all of Sudan amid ongoing conflict.

An armed defector from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said to be surrendering to the Sudanese army in the west of Omdurman on August 19, 2026 [File: AFP]

The United Nations Security Council extended the arms embargo on Sudan’s Darfur region by two months but failed to agree on a US proposal to widen it to the whole country, after permanent members Russia and China opposed it.

The 15-member council unanimously adopted Resolution 2830 on Thursday, extending the sanctions regime until December 11 to allow more time for negotiations.

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It also extended the mandate of the panel of experts that monitors the measures until January 11, 2027. The UN described the text as a short-term “technical rollover”, after the regime was last renewed for one month on September 11.

The sanctions were first imposed in 2005 under Resolution 1591.

The council set up an arms embargo on armed actors in Darfur , a travel ban and an asset freeze on designated individuals and entities, and a five-member panel of experts to monitor them.

Despite weeks of discussion, the United States failed to secure approval to expand the embargo. Russia and China have argued for keeping the existing regime.

“The current sanctions regime is over 20 years outdated, and is insufficient to address the realities of the war today,” US Ambassador Jeff Bartos told the council last month, urging it to “expand the arms embargo across the entire territory of Sudan”.

Russia’s deputy UN ambassador, Anna Evstigneeva, said at the time: “We will not allow even a hint of broadening the restrictions by the council on Sudan.”

Sudan’s UN ambassador, Al-Harith Mohamed, argued that a total embargo goes against the UN Charter’s guarantee of the right to self-defence.

The war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which began in April 2023, has killed at least 59,000 people, though aid groups warn the toll could be far higher .

It has also displaced about 13 million people and pushed parts of the country into famine.

The army holds central and eastern Sudan, while the RSF controls Darfur in the west and parts of the south.

Darfur, a region about the size of Spain, has seen some of the worst violence, with displacement camps attacked and repeated ethnic massacres killing thousands at a time.

在持续不断的冲突中，俄罗斯和中国阻止了美国将达尔富尔武器禁运范围扩大到整个苏丹的努力。

2026年8月19日，一名据称从准军事组织快速支援部队（RSF）叛逃的武装人员在恩图曼西部向苏丹军队投降。[图片来源：法新社]

联合国安理会将对苏丹达尔富尔地区的武器禁运延长了两个月，但未能就美国提出的将禁运范围扩大到整个苏丹的提议达成一致，因为常任理事国俄罗斯和中国反对该提议。

周四，安理会15个成员国一致通过了第2830号决议，将制裁制度延长至12月11日，以便为谈判留出更多时间。

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该决议还将监督这些措施的专家小组的授权期限延长至 2027 年 1 月 11 日。联合国称该决议为短期“技术性延期”，此前该机制于 9 月 11 日被延长了一个月。

这些制裁最初于 2005 年根据第 1591 号决议实施。

该委员会对达尔富尔的武装分子实施了武器禁运，对指定的个人和实体实施了旅行禁令和资产冻结，并成立了一个由五名专家组成的小组来监督他们。

尽管经过数周的讨论，美国仍未能获得扩大禁运的批准。俄罗斯和中国则主张维持现有制度。

“目前的制裁制度已经过时20多年了，不足以应对当今战争的现实，”美国大使杰夫·巴托斯上个月告诉安理会，并敦促安理会“将武器禁运扩大到苏丹全境”。

俄罗斯常驻联合国副代表安娜·叶夫斯季格涅耶娃当时表示：“我们绝不允许安理会有任何扩大对苏丹限制的迹象。”

苏丹常驻联合国代表哈里斯·穆罕默德认为，全面禁运违反了《联合国宪章》保障的自卫权。

苏丹军队与准军事快速支援部队（RSF）之间的战争始于2023年4月，已造成至少59000人死亡，但援助组织警告说，死亡人数可能远高于此。

这场灾难还导致约 1300 万人流离失所，并使该国部分地区陷入饥荒。

军队控制着苏丹中部和东部，而快速支援部队控制着西部的达尔富尔和南部部分地区。

达尔富尔地区面积与西班牙相仿，这里曾发生过一些最严重的暴力事件，流离失所者营地遭到袭击，反复发生的种族屠杀造成数千人丧生。