KHARTOUM, Sudan, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Sudan is making necessary preparations that would allow displaced refugees to return to their homes in Darfur, a government official said.
Amin Hassan Omar Abdullah, Sudan's minster of state for culture, said during multilateral talks in Khartoum that his government had discussed arrangements for displaced refugees to return.
He told the official Sudan News Agency that the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said a technical committee was set up to document a trilateral agreement between Chad, the UNHCR and Sudan for refugees.
The refugee issue from Darfur follows orders submitted by the breakaway Sudan Liberation Army's Historical Leadership that prohibit the use of child soldiers within its regional ranks.
Usman Musa, the group's leader, in August issued orders to his soldiers to end "all behavior" that leads to the abuse of children and banned "recruiting and using children in the ranks of the movement."
Other armed movements in Darfur are moving toward similar action, said the U.N. mission there.
U.N. Security Council Resolution 1593 in 2005 referred Sudan to the International Criminal Court after evidence emerged of serious rights violations in Darfur.
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is accused of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Khartoum isn't party to the Rome Statute that created the international court.
