E/CN.4/1993/62 page 95 5. Exit from and entry into Sudan The Resolution of the Council of Ministers No. 1013 dated 18 October 1992 reaffirms free entry into Sudan and free movement therein see annex 4 for the text of the Resolution. 6. Christian displaced persons The independent expert apointed pursuant to the Confidential decision adopted without a vote at the Commission’s 32nd (closed) meeting on 18 February 1992, Mr. Gasbar Biro, has visited Sudan during the period 21-27 November 1992 and has visited the places of displaced persons in Sudan. We believe that his report would reflect that the Government of Sudan is providing all the services needed and that displacement was caused by desertification, armed attacks of rebels or town planning. It is worth mentioning that in the case of town planning, the Government has provided the displaced with more spacious places and better services. The Government is really improving their lives rather than forcing them to leave their homes as alleged. 7. Christian refugees During the same period when Mr. Gasbar Biro visited Sudan also a Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Dr. Francis Deng, also visited the Sudan to investigate the allegations about the refugees in the Sudan. To say the least, he was astonished to find that their situation in the Sudan has no match to the extent that he went public on the mass media to express his views. We need not repeat here that the allegations are groundless and refer you to his report to judge for yourself. 8. Freedom of education Islam is not a prerequisite for entry into primary school as alleged. The allegation is not true but we do not really know how to convince you it is not true. The only way to refute such unfounded allegations and the allegation that non-Muslim children in the towns of Juba, Malakal, Raja, Renk and Wau were required to learn Arabic and study Islam, and other unfounded allegations, is to welcome you to the Sudan to see for yourself that there is no such prerequisite. 9. Obstruction of Churches Many false allegations were made in this regard that no new Catholic churches have been built or repaired in Khartoum since 1969, that numerous churches have been closed, that persons holding religious services risk imprisonment, that carrying of cross or ringing church bells is prohibited, that numerous Christian clergymen have been detained, that non-Muslim prisoners have been pressured to convert to Islam, that 12 Catholic missionaries have been expelled from Juba, etc. The series of the false allegations go on and on to an unbelievable extent. To refute such allegations the Peace and Development Foundation in Khartoum which is a government entity is organizing an international