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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-325/article-2",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2012/325",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision 2012/325/CFSP of 25 June 2012 extending the mandate of the European Union Special Representative for Sudan and South Sudan",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-325",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Policy objectives",
  "text": "The mandate of the EUSR shall be based on the policy objectives of the Union in relation to Sudan and South Sudan, working with their Governments, the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) and other national, regional and international stakeholders, to achieve a peaceful coexistence between Sudan and South Sudan based on the principle of two viable, peaceful, and prosperous States. The Union’s policy objectives include actively contributing to the resolution of outstanding Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and post-CPA issues and helping the parties to implement what has been agreed; supporting efforts to stabilise the volatile north-south border area; promoting institution building and fostering stability, security and development in South Sudan; facilitating a political solution to the conflict in Darfur; promoting efforts to resolve the conflict in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile states; promoting democratic governance, accountability and respect for human rights, including cooperation with the International Criminal Court; stepping up engagement in East Sudan; and improving humanitarian access throughout Sudan and South Sudan.\nIn addition, the mandate of the EUSR shall be based on the Union’s policy objective to contribute to the mitigation and elimination of threats to the stability of South Sudan and the wider region posed by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2012/325/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T18:19:13.102267+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}