North South border panel presents report to Sudanese presidency
September 17, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — Sudanese Presidency listened to a report by the north-south border demarcation committee as per 1 January 1956 borders. The report was presented during a meeting chaired by president Omer al-Bashir.
The report included the activities of the committee and their future plan as well as completing survey process for the areas which were not covered because of the rainfall and completing classification of documents and maps following the visits to Egypt and Britain to obtain more documents.
The committee will forward its final report on first quarter of the coming year.
State Minister at the Presidency of the Republic, Telar Ring Deng, said that the presidency will instruct all the concerned authorities to extend whatever support that is necessary for the work of the committee.
The concerned authorities include: governors of the states located on the north and south, police, the Joint Integrated Units (JIUs), National Security and Intelligence apparatus.
He also revealed that a coordination meeting will be called for all the concerned authorities following the Eid holiday — end of Ramadan celebrations — to make sure all the administrative and security arrangements for the committee’s field visit have been completed besides conducting publicity and public awareness programme.
The Presidency of the Republic will also meet Tuesday to hear reports on the process of the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
The demarcation of north south borderis considered as crucial for the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement it will allow the resolution of problems on the oil revenue allocations, redeployment of forces, census, and demarcation of geographical consistencies, general elections and self-determination referendum in 2011.
(ST)