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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday appointed an envoy to Sudan to work with the African Union on mediation to end the crisis triggered by a US-controlled takeover. army.
Nicholas Haysom, South African attorney and United Nations envoy to Somalia, Afghanistan, as well as to Sudan and South Sudan, will support AU mediation efforts between the military and society the spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric.
The African Union has called on the Sudanese army to hand over power to a civilian government within two weeks and has strongly condemned the takeover of the military by a coup d'etat.
The AU Peace and Security Council has threatened to suspend Sudan from the organization of 55 nations if it does not want to establish a civilian regime.
"The African Union has issued a very clear statement," UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric told reporters. Haysom "will do everything in its power to support their efforts".
Guterres António spoke by phone Tuesday of the appointment of the envoy with Moussa Faki, chairman of the African Union Commission.
Sudanese military leaders who sacked President Omar al-Bashir on April 11 proposed to all political groups to dialogue to form a civilian government after protesters maintained their demands for change.
After the ouster of Bashir, Guterres called for a transition that meets the "democratic aspiration" of the Sudanese people.
The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to meet on Wednesday on the Sudan crisis.
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