WHEREAS the Government of the Republic of the Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Sudan People’s Liberation Army hereinafter referred to as the “Parties” reconfirm the Protocols and Agreements reached, namely the Machakos Protocol, dated 20th July, 2002; the Agreement on Security Arrangements, dated 25th September, 2003; the Agreement on Wealth Sharing, dated 7th January, 2004; the Protocol on Power Sharing, dated 26th May, 2004; the Protocol on the Resolution of the Conflict in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile States, dated 26th May, 2004; and the Protocol on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Abyei Area, dated 26th May, 2004;