created in the South by drought and the civil war. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a series of reports critical of the human-rights situation in Sudan. The Security Council imposed sanctions on Sudan in May 1996 after Khartoum refused to extradite three Egyptians to Ethiopia for their alleged involvement in the attempted assassination of President Mubarak in Addis Ababa in 1995. The mild sanctions reduced the number and level of Sudanese diplomats stationed abroad. The Security Council, with the United States abstaining, removed these sanctions in August 2001. In 2005, the UN Security Council agreed to a travel ban and asset freeze on persons suspected of committing human-rights abuses in Darfur and in 2006 imposed sanctions against four Sudanese involved in Darfur atrocities. Much to the consternation of the United States, Sudan in 2004 filled an African regional seat on the United Nations Human Rights Commission. A UN commission investigating atrocities in Darfur concluded in 2005 that genocide had not occurred. It did find, however, that Khartoum and government-sponsored militias engaged in “widespread and systematic” abuse that might constitute crimes against humanity. By late 2010, the UN had two of its largest peacekeeping operations—UNMIS and UNAMID—in Sudan. See also List of diplomatic missions in Sudan List of diplomatic missions of Sudan Foreign trade of Sudan References External links North/South Sudan Abyei Boundary Tribunal, including H.E. Former ICJ President Stephen M. Schwebel and H.E. Vice-President Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh and Final Abyei Boundary Award of 22 July 2009 and UNSG Ban Ki-Moon's Statement Commends the Abyei Award and Hague Final Abyei Ruling Raises Big Peace Hopes in Sudan and BBC and GAR and Justice Portal and and and Ruling on Oil Region Boilsters Peace in Sudan and and Abyei Boundary Arbitration Homepage 3 July 2008 UN SRSG for Sudan Praises Abyei Progress of 11 September 2008 Parties Deposit Abyei Arbitration Agreement and Designate Agents of 2 October 2008 31 October 2008 Norway's Contribution to the PCA Fund for North and South Sudan of 18 December 2008 Sudan Applauds U.S. President Obama of 22 January 2009 and the White House the Abyei Tribunal's Schedule for the Written Pleadings and Oral Hearing Abyei Hearing Schedule, 18-23 April 2009 Live Webstream Abyei Hearing Proceeds Following Expense Row of 17 April 2009 Oral Hearing of Abyei Arbitration Begin on 18 April 2009 Anniversary of Comprehensive Peace Agreement Between North and South Sudan