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The emergence of organizations representing the Sudanese entity was an inevitable consequence of the conflict between the two condominium powers. This conflict paved the way for the realization of a viewpoint that aimed to concentrate the country's destiny in the hands of a party outside the condominium.
Sudanese In April 1946, the Sudan government appointed a conference chaired by the Administrative Secretary, with membership including the Chief Justice, the Financial Secretary, the Governor of Upper Nile, a representative from Gordon College, a representative from Education, a delegate from the Administrative Secretary's office for Local Government, and representatives from the Advisory Council, namely Messrs. Mohamed Ali Shawqi, Abdullah Khalil, Mekki Abbas, Babo Nimr, Al-Zubair, Hamad Al-Malik, Abdullah Bakr, and representatives of Sudanese notables, namely Messrs. Al-Siddiq Al-Mahdi, Mohamed Mahmoud Al-Shaigi, Al-Dardiri Mohamed Osman, Nasr Al-Haj Ali, Mohamed Saleh Al-Shanqiti, Ahmed Hassan Khalifa, Mohamed Ahmed Mahjoub, Makawi Suleiman Akrat, and representatives of parties, namely Messrs. Mohamed Al-Khalifa Sharif, Mohamed Osman Mirghani, Abd Al-Rahman Abdoon for the Nationalists Party. Other parties and the General Graduates Congress were asked to nominate representatives, but they did not respond to the request.
The conference issued recommendations, all of which were based on: (1) Sudan's desire to amend the constitution of the Northern Sudan Advisory Council to make it a more representative assembly of the people and to undertake greater responsibilities than those of the Advisory Council, and its desire to continue the policy of introducing internal self-governing bodies.
(2) Sudan should have its own voice, meaning it should have a body that has the constitutional right to speak on behalf of the entire country. Sudanese will not be able to govern themselves unless they have prior training in the art of governance, which they can only achieve through exposure to responsibility. This responsibility must at all times be great enough to enable Sudanese to exploit their capabilities and talents without facing failure, and in this way, their training will proceed at the fastest possible pace. The Advisory Council was the first step towards self-governance. The duration of this experiment was three years, and the council's jurisdiction was limited to the six northern provinces. Its function was purely advisory and limited in scope, and its members could not claim to represent the people accurately, even though some of them were among the most competent men.