Southern Sudan

New flag of Southern Sudan.

Some members of the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly have alleged an ethnic imbalance in the Government of Southern Sudan.

Apparently, Southern Sudan TV can't spell Arabic

ROME A severe food crisis currently threatens southern Sudan.

Southern Sudan and Ethiopia were in the way, but France sent expeditions in 1897 to establish a protectorate in southern Sudan and to find a route across Ethiopia.

The new flag of Southern Sudan. Photo courtesy of Giulio Petrocca.

Southern Sudan TV can't spell Arabic properly صويت instead of صوت .

Ten southern Sudan state governors were also appointed during this period.

In the broader Sudan context, the Security Council welcomes further progress achieved in the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, in particular the signing of the Constitution for Southern Sudan and the formation of the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS).

Few places on earth are poorer and more destitute than southern Sudan.

First, it punishes two victims of the conflict southern Sudan and Darfur.

However, the establishment of both the Government of National Unity and the Government of Southern Sudan, as well as the adoption of the Interim Constitution of Southern Sudan, gives grounds for optimism.

In southern Sudan, UNMIS is planning to start radio transmission from new premises in Juba following positive negotiations with the Government of Southern Sudan Minister of Information and Juba Radio and TV.

The National Fund (focusing on northern Sudan and the Abyei, Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile areas) and the Southern Sudan Fund are administered by the World Bank and chaired by the Government of National Unity and the Government of Southern Sudan, respectively.

The LRA is also wreaking havoc in the Equatorias in the southern Sudan.

SPLM A is facing tremendous challenges in establishing the Government of Southern Sudan.

hold the Southern Sudan referendum on time and fully respect and implement the results

In southern Sudan, the authorities have decided to start releasing children associated with SPLA.

Efforts to recruit national staff for posts located in southern Sudan have been difficult.

(o) The repeated statements by the Government of the Sudan in favour of a global, lasting and effectively monitored ceasefire in southern Sudan

(f) The repeated statements by the Government of the Sudan in favour of a comprehensive, lasting and effectively monitored ceasefire in southern Sudan

In another welcome development, the Government of Southern Sudan was established on 22 October as a caretaker government, pending the adoption of the Interim Constitution of Southern Sudan, which was subsequently signed into law on 5 December.

She grew up in Sudan, in Southern Sudan, for 20 years of war, where it killed one million people and displaced five million refugees.

This included receipts for procurement services and from GAVI and the Southern Sudan Economic Commission.

To continue providing effective protection and assistance, UNHCR has expanded its presence in southern Sudan.

Guest at 12 noon Mr. David Gressly, United Nations Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for Southern Sudan

Despite the conflict in Darfur, the situation in southern Sudan continues to progress towards transition.

Moreover, 4,000 Chinese People Liberation Army troops are deployed in southern Sudan guarding an oil pipeline.

In the meantime, the problem of other armed groups remains of crucial importance in southern Sudan.

To provide assistance to the government of southern Sudan in the development of a civil administration

The process of adopting the new southern Sudanese Constitution is expected to be completed by early October, leading to the establishment of the Southern Sudan Assembly.

Assistance programmes in Darfur have received 60 per cent funding, in southern Sudan 42 per cent, and in eastern Sudan and the transitional areas 22 per cent.

Formerly warring parties in southern Sudan have signed a peace accord and entered a period of reconciliation.

In Equatoria, a number of intertribal conflicts have erupted into alarming violence, increasing insecurity across southern Sudan.

Regionally, assistance programmes in Darfur have received 63 per cent, southern Sudan 45 per cent and eastern Sudan and the transitional areas 22 per cent of required funding.

The Government of Southern Sudan suffers from serious financial constraints, owing to unrealistic assumptions about its oil revenues.

Clearly, peace could not be built in a vacuum and the situation in southern Sudan must be addressed.

In southern Sudan, earlier proposals for intercommunal reconciliation, following the August riots in Juba, met with some resistance.

At the same time, the newly established Government of Southern Sudan should encourage continuing reconciliation throughout the region.

It is hoped that organized repatriation of Sudanese refugees to southern Sudan will start in the coming months.

On 19 August, Riek Machar was appointed Vice President of Southern Sudan in accordance with SPLM succession procedures.

The pace of spontaneous return of refugees and IDPs to southern Sudan has intensified since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in January 2005 between the Government of the Sudan and the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement.

At the end of the reporting period, on 30 July, a helicopter carrying John Garang de Mabior crashed in Southern Sudan killing all on board. Mr. Garang, who was Chairman of SPLM A, had recently been appointed First Vice President of the Sudan in the Government of National Unity and President of the Government of Southern Sudan.

At the end of the period, the people of southern Sudan would vote in an internationally monitored referendum to confirm the unity of the Sudan or to vote for secession.