Phased programme of action

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al-Ittihad ai- Is htIraki al-Sudani. al-Iajnah al-Markazlyah al-Uamhidiyah. Phased progranme of action.

HOOVER INSTITUTION on War, Revolution, and Peace FOUNDED BY HERBERT HOOVER. 1919

THE

DEMOCRATIC

OP

THE

SUDANESE

PREPARATORY

REPUBLIC

SUDAN

SOCIALIST

CENTRAL

PHASED

UNION

COMMITTEE

PROGRAMME OP

ACTION

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THE PROGRATiLaJ OF ASSIGNMENT JOR TE2 COhING FIVE YgAgS

INTRODUCTION In my addres

to the leading Cadres or the

Socialist Union on the 22nd of July, 1972 commenmo rating Restoration Day, I meant to have the essence of the commemoration incarnate in a concept that elevates the Revolution to a

tatus of exalted sublimity;

anr

which

the Revolution executes through planning and action.

On

that day I defined my concept of the intellectual, organ izational end "behavioural b.'>ses on which our political effort in the Sociali t Union should be set up.

The National Charter for Action has defined the broad outline for revolutionary action;

but naturally

it h s not prescribed a programme , nor has it gone deep into the minute details of t e forms of action.

7/hat the

Revolution on the 25th of May in wrenching authority from traditional leadership was in essence a condemnation for that leadership, for its incapability for the good of the people,

to utilize authority

their filure to conceive the

strategy for change and their ignorance of the means and plans ox

effecting it.

Any political organization that is

not employed in the service of development and modernization in a developing country like the '"udan becomes an idle organization.

Likewise , nny political organization whose

action is not guided by definite priorities, ant

..hose

efforts ere not based on determining the lines of action that help pchieve development and modernization is doomed to death.

The realization of tl.o aim

of the Revolution

calls for the programming of its charters in phased programmes of national action.

This - in turn - entails

that we determine the basic fields on which public action should be concentrated to tackle the people's problems according as they affect the interests and welfare of the citizens.

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It ir

in persuance of all this that I today

present this phased programme of nptional action discussed and put in its final forms by the Preparatory Central Committee of the Sudanese

Socialist Union in its first

meeting which was held between the 11th end the 14th of November, 1972.

Now that this programme has determined for each sector the guiding principles for its action as well as the priorities, the objectives end the projects that neve to be accomplished in the next five years, the Sudanese Socialist Union h^s done its duty and experienced its right in laying do/m the general policies, plans and programmes. The task of executing and accomplishing el1,

this rests on

the executive orgen, corporations and popular organizations. Henceforth, the Socialist Union's task is to follow up;

and

it has the right to general supervision that guarantees the execution of

these programmes in the appointed time.

My firm conviction is that our great people shall spare no effort in making the e programmes a reality through diligence snd perservence.

GAAFAR

MOHD.

NIMEIRI ,

PRESIDENT OF THE SUDANESE 21ST JANUARY 1974

nz.

SOCIALIST UNION

NATIONAL

ECONOMY

INTRODUCTION

The objective criterion for measuring a revolutionary achievement is abundance effected through action that is aimed at realizing economic and social development and a steady increase in production both quantitively and qualititively.

And that is what promoted

the Revolution to mobilize all energies and potentialities and employ them in developmental action so as to realize the society of sufficiency and equality.

The Revolution's approach to this is central planning that is based on determining the potentialities and needs providing the es ential information rnd determining objectives, classifying priorities .

tatistics,

drawing

out plans, programmes and projects that realize the Revol ution's objectives;

central planning that is based also

on following up and rectifying performance, on strict control of execution, spreading enlightment >..nd training in how to undertake responsibility with the purpose of mobilizing popular effort for the sake of implementing the prescribed plans, programmes and projects.

To materialize

all this a high degree of coordination must be sustained between tie org'ns of the Public Sector on the one hand, and between the public sector and other sectors on the other, so as to consolidate the joint effort to serve national economy and help promote its efficiency.

The public sector will continue to play a leading and pioneering role in economic development and the new production relations, assisted end complemented by the cooperative and private sectors in a joint national effort to achieve total development in which each sector performs its specified duties.

In depending on the public sector to guide and direct the national economy the state does not consider it contrary to the other sectors or an alternative to them; the development of all these sectors must be based on the . ' . fact that they are organically and functionally integrated, and that each has its role, its spheres and its lawful

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securities in serving the economy of the Revolution.

OBJECTIVES

Our phased objectives in development are :-

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Self-suf x'iciency in the basic products end maintaining the balance between production and consumption.

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The provi ion of the essential services and utilities for the citizens.

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By achieving profusion in production and providing services stabilization of prices can be effected;

hence the protection of

wage ? and incomes.

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Tho work for the attainment of a degree of balance between the modern economic sector and the traditional sector; between the various regions of the country; plant and animal cultivation;

between

and between

agricultural development in its widest ; sense and industrial progres

so as to achieve a

degree of economic integration between the regions nd different sectors.

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Putting a curb on governmental extravagance and harmful consumption that dissipate the nation's reserves and potentials.

GUIDING

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PRINCIPLES

In the domain of foundations and escential

frame '/orks of economic development

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Interlinking the regions of the Sudan to safeguard the security and unity of the country, and to amalgamate its tribal groups

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in the melting pot of national unity with a view to creating the basic foundations for development and facilitating the execut ion of its programme s ,/hether it be in the field of roads, bridges or communication.

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Preserving the country's national resources and developing them for the sake of the present generations and posterity.

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Controlling wa^gr resources and developing them as a basic source of development.

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Providing water for human end animal use end combating thirst.

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The provision of electrical , heat and hydraulic po.ver as the b^sic propellants of economic and social development.

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Paying attention to the fields and opport unities of training, and the divers-,if ication of skills that serve as stimuli to further efforts and to investment in development.

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Pursuing the policy of an out-ward move into the rual areas and the modernization of the pastoral and agricultural sectors with a view of consolidating the efforts aimed at settling the citizens and increasing their productive contribution to the economic f ramework.

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Continued research work to determine cultivable areas, grazing land ant? natural and mineral resources;

intelligent studies of internal

and external markets and the methods and means of regional and international commercial exchange - all this to be done with the purpose of providing the adequate resevoir es ential to planning ior the sake of increasing the country's utilization of all its hydraulic, agricultural , industrial and commercial resources. 4/. . . .

In Tfrp... i.eld PJ..J?ro duc t ion 1-

Meeting the basic needs of consumption in agricultural and basic industrial commodities.

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The realization of self-sufficiency in the agricultural commodities which are being imported at present nnd commodities.

these manufactured

The rsw materials'

locally available or

which are

those that the strategic

situation in the country necessitate.

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To .,ork

Cor the establishment of a proper

industrial foundation to serve as a solid support for the 3oci' list Structure.

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Vertical and horizontal expansion in production so that a surplus is attained in the commodities of agricultural and animal produce and some of

the commodities of industrial production

with a view to enlarging the foundation for nation• 1 economy to safeguard it against the crises and upheavals of bc±ing dependent on agricultural crop or a limited number oi agricultural commodities.

In the Field of Economic Services :

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To consolidate the means of

commercial exchange

on both the regional and international scales . ith the purposes of attaining the curplus of

foreign currency essential to the financing

of development and consumption needs.

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The diversification of and expansion in the fields of commercial exchange

vith foreign

markets to ward off tho hazards of defending on ' limited number oi markets, or a single mode of transaction.

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The sober joining of international and regional groupings in such a

/ay as to consolidate the

exchange and economic position of

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udan.

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Consolidation of the efforts at developing saving

'nd investment, and enlightening

the citizens on saving investment and taxation;

and employing the b5nking system

in the service of development.

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The mobilization of the resources of the insurance sector end gearing them to t'.>e needs of development.

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Development of tourism as an important source of foreign currency, and the sub sequent economic services and establishments.

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Utilization of taxes to help mobilize resources and consolidate development activitie s.

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Linking the Sudan through communication media with the outside world and in particular neighbouring countries - cooperating .vith these countries in joint projects that cater for common interests.

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The provision of thore commodities *nd services that our natural resources do not permit their local production.

rmofiifi^s

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In the field of foundation r.nd basic f raue./orks

of economic development

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Developirg the

existing means of transnort

and communis ca ti op , maintaining

them and

increasing their efficiency.

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Linking

the various parts of the country

with ad'itiona.1 networks of land, river and air

' ransport s/ster s to connect prod

uction areas

.it:1 the country's outlets and

the nouth with the north provided that this is preceoded by a compvehensive and homonious plan for the various means of transocrto

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I^RICAflOil AND UL JCTRICAL illN^RGY

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The improvement of irrigation systems in the schemes existing on the Nile and its tributaries.

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'She provision o .' additional irrigation schemes from the Nile and its tributaries to meet the need of s>gric .il turpi development in the plains exte ding along the banks of tl.o Nile and its scattered valleys, end the utilization of more of the Sudan' s sh^re of thj Nile 'vaters.

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The continued development of the country' r other