ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the circumstances that led to Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) involvement in the Sudanese peace process; how that involvement was conducted; what challenges were encountered; how they were dealt with; and with what results and consequences for Sudan and, later, for South Sudan. At the international level, following the end of the Cold War, the advent of George W. Bush coming to power in the United States and the events of 9/11, the international environment had changed and an aggressive push for the resolution of the problem of southern Sudan started. In 1993, Sudan first requested that IGAD mediate in the civil war between its northern and southern parts, and in 1994 the Declaration of Principles was concluded. It was signed by the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in May 1994 but only by the government of Sudan four years later.
