Annex 1: The AMIS mandate

As of October 2004, AMIS's expanded mandate included the following primary objectives at paragraph 4:

• to monitor and observe compliance with the Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement of April 8, 2004 and all such agreements in the future,

• to assist in the process of confidence building,

• to contribute to a secure environment for the delivery of humanitarian relief and, beyond that, the return of IDPs and refugees to their homes, in order to assist in increasing the level of compliance of all Parties with the Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement and to contribute to the improvement of the security situation throughout Darfur;

In order to meet these objectives, the following tasks were delineated at paragraph 6:[122]

• Monitor and verify the provision of security for returning IDPs and in the

vicinity of existing IDP camps;

• Monitor and verify the cessation of all hostile acts by all the Parties;
• Monitor and verify hostile militia activities against the population;
• Monitor and verify efforts of the GoS to disarm Government controlled

militias;

• Investigate and report about allegations of violations of the Humanitarian

Ceasefire Agreement;

• Protect civilians whom it encounters under imminent threat and in the

Immediate vicinity, within resources and capability, it being understood

that the protection of the civilian population is the responsibility of the

GoS;

• Protect both static and mobile humanitarian operations under imminent

threat and in the immediate vicinity, within capabilities;

• Provide visible military presence by patrolling and by the establishment of

temporary outposts in order to deter uncontrolled armed groups from

committing hostile acts against the population;

• Assist in the development of proactive public confidence-building

measures;

• Establish and maintain contact with the Sudanese police authorities;
• Establish and maintain contact with community leaders to receive

complaints or seek advice on the issues of concerns;

• Observe, monitor and report the effective service delivery of the local

police;

• Investigate and report all matters of police non-compliance with the

Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement.