[SudaNow] Khartoum, Jan. 10 -- The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres welcomed the launching of the final phase of the political process in Sudan, which was launched by the signatories to the framework agreement on the 8th of January, with the facilitation of the tripartite mechanism (the African Union and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the United Nations), at the Friendship Hall in Khartoum.