expressed its deep regret at the fatalities and casualties and had reiterated its commitment to its obligations towards its Sudanese brothers. 119. The Respondent State refers the Commission to its submission on admissibility as it already explained in detail that the incidents were part of the Egyptian authorities’ efforts to break up the unlawful assembly by Sudanese nationals in front of the UNHCR Office in Cairo. It further explained the authorities’ efforts to provide care and assistance as well as the criminal and judicial measures which they had taken in connection with the incidents and the evidence which the Public Prosecutor had gathered during the investigations on the incidents. 120. In its submissions on Admissibility, the Respondent State detailed the efforts allegedly made by the Egyptian authorities to end the illegal assembly which included: a. Arranging several meetings between the representatives of the UNHCR and the leaders of the protests, with the presence of representatives of the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; b. Many Egyptian civil society organizations made extensive efforts to convince the protestors to end the protest; c. Some Sudanese government officials in cooperation with the Sudanese Embassy officials held meetings and opened many channels to communicate with the protestors, promising to facilitate their voluntary return to their country along with financial and material assistance; d. Some Egyptian public figures held meetings with the protestors and the UNHCR officials to find proper solutions; e. Some Sudanese public figures tried to mediate and form an agreement with the protest leaders in return for concessions by UNHCR which would accomplish most of their demands; and f. Officials from the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs held many meetings with the protestors to convince them to end the protest. 121. According to the Respondent State, the UNHCR finally declared that they are unable to fulfil the demands of the protestors as these demands are beyond the capacity of the UNHCR and the protestors rejected voluntary return, rejected local integration and demanded reopening of all closed files of Sudanese 30