Sudanese presidency discusses census operation
March 25, 2007 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese president and his two deputies discussed in a meeting at the Republican Palace the forthcoming census arrangements. The presidency agreed to clear the remaining obstacles and facilitate the census operations.
Sudanese President, Omar al-Bashir, First Vice-President and President of the Government of Southern Sudan Salva Kiir and Vice-President Ali Osman Taha got acquainted during their meeting Saturday 24 March on obstacles facing the population census operation.
Director-General of the Central Statistics Bureau Awad Haj Ali said that the president promised to instruct the Ministry of Finance to provide the necessary finance for carrying out the census operation in the set time.
The chairman of the Census Commission in Southern Sudan, Azaya Chull, said that the presidency’s meeting affirmed the importance of making available the necessary funding for the census operation.
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Deng Mayen Dhieu
Sudanese presidency discusses census operation
Iam very much disappointed by the meeting held in Khartoum between president Bashir and his two deputies. The meeting should haven been dominated by the South-north border issue and Abyei protocol which remain a sticking points in the implementation of the CPA. Our Presidents do not acknowledge the delicate issue of Abyei’s protocol which can take us to square one unless it is implemented in letter and spirit so that to abate another war which i can see is in the making. Deng Mayen Dhieu, in Aweil South Sudan