Local administration of the Lower Juba region and the city of Kismaayo

(b) Authorization for the Secretary General to enter into commitments for the Mission for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005, inclusive of the amount of 99,999,400 already authorized by the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, in an amount not exceeding 279,501,300 for the initial establishment of the Mission

Colonel Barre Hirale, head of the Juba Valley Alliance (JVA), is the primary beneficiary of the revenue generated in the Lower Juba region, including the city of Kismaayo.

The SPLA troops then remained in Juba and will become part of the eventual Juba Joint Integrated Unit.

The coalition assisted the Juba Valley Alliance in defeating General Morgan's loyalists.

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UNMIS will provide technical assistance to Juba Radio and TV in exchange for the use of the latter's facilities.

There are also three human rights officers in Juba, Kadugli and Abyei.

Gedo is a region created in 1980s and is bordered by the Ogaden in Ethiopia, the North Eastern Province in Kenya, and the Somali regions of Bakool, Bay, Jubbada Dhexe (Middle Juba), and Jubbada Hoose (Lower Juba) further down east.

United Nations mine action also focused on the verification and clearance of the Juba Yei corridor to resume the vital supply of food into Juba by road.

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.

Operational sector composite groups have been deployed to Juba, Malakal, Kadugli, Ed Damazin, Abyei and Kassala.

Given the threat of food insecurity around Juba that resulted from the unrest following Mr. Garang's death, the parties also agreed to prioritize the joint demining and installation of bridges needed to open the road from Yei to Juba.

The Monitoring Group further stated that there had been information of marihuana plantations in the Juba Valley region of Somalia.

Kismaayo is the fifth largest city in Somalia, situated in the Lower Juba region, in the southern part of the country.

He has an organization of subordinates that assist him in carrying out administrative activities in both the city of Kismaayo and the remainder of the Lower Juba region.

By the time the funeral of Mr. Garang was held in Juba on 6 August, the tense atmosphere had dissipated somewhat.

Sector I the Equatoria area, including the states of West Equatoria, Bahr Al Jabal and East Equatoria the sector headquarters would be located in Juba

Broadcasting of news and information, discussion programmes and music in Arabic and colloquial Juba Arabic will start in Khartoum and be relayed to Juba.

As noted above, the security situation in the UNMIS area of responsibility during the past three months remained tense, particularly in Sector I (Juba).

(f) A battalion strength decentralized force reserve, headquartered in Kadugli, with companies garrisoned in Juba, Malakal and Wau.

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

Everyone in the Sudan in Khartoum, in El Fasher and in Juba can watch, see and assess whether this commitment will be turned into reality.

It is reported that a group that is opposed to the Transitional Federal Government and in control of some of the forest in the Juba Valley region in Somalia is a key player in this business.

The Juba Valley Alliance currently controls the Kismaayo seaport and derives revenue of approximately 500,000 per month from the port operations.

The days following the announcement of Mr. Garang's death were marked by serious violence in Khartoum and several other locations including Juba and Malakal in southern Sudan.

In view of the Sudan's size, the African Group also understood the need to establish two headquarters, in Khartoum and Juba, as well as regional offices.

The deteriorating security situation in southern Sudan, however, hampered demining activities, which were suspended after the killing of two demining contractors on the Juba Nimule road.

With the recent deployment of the Bangladeshi Sector headquarters and composite group, UNMIS has achieved initial operating capability in Juba (Sector I), which is now the political centre of southern Sudan.

But such goals are meaningful only if a fragile state s partners are ready to accept the lead from a capital like Juba rather than from their own headquarters.

The United Nations is producing and disseminating fact sheets in English, Juba Arabic and standard Arabic to potential returnees to provide them with an accurate picture of the situation they will face upon return.

A high powered Russian delegation recently arrived in Juba, the South Sudanese capital, with the proclaimed aim of playing a more active role on the African continent.

The southern parts of Gedo, west of the Jubba River, used to be part of the old British Transjuba region during half of the seventy years of colonial era in Africa from 1890 to 1960.

United Nations agencies have advanced in the process of consolidating their southern operations and will move management functions from Rumbek to Juba as the Government of Southern Sudan is established in the city.

To enable the return of internally displaced persons and refugees at the end of the rainy season, mine action teams resumed operations at full strength in the Nuba Mountains, Juba, Rumbek, Yei, Kapoeta, Malakal, Ed Damazin and Darfur.

While the number remains below that originally expected for this stage of the operation for the reasons stated above, UNMIS police now have a forward headquarters in Juba and a presence in six sectors.

Six days later, the same coalition plus reinforcement forces from the Lower Shabeellaha and some other militia groups met with the Juba Valley Alliance in Dhoobley, located 200 kilometres north of Kismaayo, in order to support confrontation against the militia of General Mohamed Said Hersi Morgan .

On the basis of political and operational priorities, UNMIS has established a full time military observer presence in Juba (Sector I), Wau (Sector II), Malakal (Sector III), Kadugli (Sector IV), Ed Damazin (Sector V), Abyei (Sector VI) and Kassala (redeployment coordination headquarters).

The largest of those SPLA redeployments was the movement of approximately 600 troops into Juba immediately prior to the funeral of Mr. Garang to perform both security and ceremonial duties in close cooperation with the Sudanese Armed Forces.

UNMIS has also resolved a series of standoffs at the sector level, including the deployment of SPLA forces into the former garrison towns of Juba and Kadugli, and contributed to the restoration of security following tribal clashes in Yambio.

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Sites at Juba, Malakal, Dilling, Abyei, and Kassala are fully functional, while Torit, Melut, Bentiu, Kadugli, Kauda, Ed Damazin, Maridi, Wau, Rumbek and Dindirou (many of which are already partially occupied by United Nations military observers) are expected to be completed during the course of December.

In particular, it remains critical to have an aviation unit in Sector I (Juba), as UNMIS lacks the air capability to respond to LRA activities in the area or to serious security incidents, such as the recent repeated outbreaks of Zande Dinka fighting in Yambio.

In many conversations with South Sudan s president, Salva Kiir, we have discussed setting out a short list of clear priorities for the new state. But such goals are meaningful only if a fragile state s partners are ready to accept the lead from a capital like Juba rather than from their own headquarters.