SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS ON ALL SIDES TO ENSURE PEACEFUL REFERENDA ON SOUTHERN SUDAN
New York, Sep 15 2010 6:10PM
The Security Council today called on all parties to take urgent action to ensure that next January's referenda to determine whether southern Sudan remains part of Africa's largest country or becomes an independent nation are peaceful and held on time.
In a <"http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2010/sc10031.doc.htm">press statement after receiving a briefing from Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Alain Le Roy, the 15-member body acknowledged that Sudan is in a critical period as it prepares for the historic referenda, the final stage of a January 2005 peace accord that ended two decades of civil war between the south and the central Government.
"The members of the Security Council called for the parties to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) to take urgent action to facilitate peaceful and on-time referenda that reflect the will of the Sudanese people, to respect their results, and to resolve key remaining post-referenda issues," the statement said.
Inhabitants of southern Sudan will vote on 9 January on whether to secede from Sudan or remain united with the rest of the country. On the same day, residents of Abyei area in the centre of the country will vote separately on whether to retain Abyei's special administrative status in the north or become part of southern Sudan.
Sep 15 2010 6:10PM
The Security Council today called on all parties to take urgent action to ensure that next January's referenda to determine whether southern Sudan remains part of Africa's largest country or becomes an independent nation are peaceful and held on time.
In a <"http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2010/sc10031.doc.htm">press statement after receiving a briefing from Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Alain Le Roy, the 15-member body acknowledged that Sudan is in a critical period as it prepares for the historic referenda, the final stage of a January 2005 peace accord that ended two decades of civil war between the south and the central Government.
"The members of the Security Council called for the parties to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) to take urgent action to facilitate peaceful and on-time referenda that reflect the will of the Sudanese people, to respect their results, and to resolve key remaining post-referenda issues," the statement said.
Inhabitants of southern Sudan will vote on 9 January on whether to secede from Sudan or remain united with the rest of the country. On the same day, residents of Abyei area in the centre of the country will vote separately on whether to retain Abyei's special administrative status in the north or become part of southern Sudan.
Sep 15 2010 6:10PM
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