Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has announced the formation of the National Mechanism for Protection of Civilians.

"The formation of the national mechanism for the protection of civil has completed. The mechanism includes a joint force from the regular forces and the peace parties, which will achieve security and stability for our citizens," Xinhua news agency quoted Hamdok as saying in a speech on Friday marking the country's 65th Independence Day.

Hamdok promised to offer protection for all the civil, saying that the establishment of the national mechanism is liable to impose security in all parts of the country, stop the extrajudicial killing, and prevent impunity.

The PM also announced the Council of Ministers' ratification of the UN Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. He said the ratified conventions are to be approved by the joint meeting of the Sovereign Council and the cabinet to become effective. The UN has decided to deploy the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan to assist the political transition in the country at a request by Hamdok.

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