UN chief urges Sudanese to discuss post-referendum arrangements
January 22, 2010 (NEW YORK) — UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon urged the Sudanese parties of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) to address the post referendum arrangements to shun war.
The National Congress Party (NCP) and its junior partner the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) agreed to discuss key issues after the results of 2011 referendum.
However despite pledges of no return to war repeatedly made by the two partners there are many areas in the CPA implementation that may pose a grave risk of igniting conflict.
“Now that the Referendum Act is in place, I urge the parties to waste no time in negotiating the post-referendum agreements. The United Nations stands ready to assist in this endeavour,” Ban Ki-Moon worded in his report to the Security Council released on Friday.
Ki-Moon mentioned the slow pace of progress in the implementation of Abyei Arbitration rule and the demarcation of north–south border demarcation; he detailed troop’s redeployment.
The UN chief told the Council that the implementation of Abyei arbitration is hindered by the opposition of some Messeriya elements as “misinterpretations and false rumors regarding the decision have increased tensions throughout the area”.
He further said armed obstruction of the work of the demarcation team have effectively blocked efforts to demarcate the border of the longtime disputed area.
The north and south border demarcation represents also a key concern, with implications for both the elections and the referendums, he stressed.
“I call upon the parties to commit the necessary political will to accelerate this process and prevent it from becoming a major impediment to implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement,” he said.
The CPA seen in 2005 as cornerstone to achieve peace in the country including the resolution of Darfur conflict, now is considered as the best way to prevent future conflict between the north and south by establishing an independent state.
However, speaking about the troop redeployment, the report said the Sudan Armed Forces have no presence in the south while SPLA has now reached “redeployment from Northern Sudan of 33.7 per cent out of the stated strength of 59,168, up from 27.6 per cent as at the date of my previous report.”
The UN Secretary further stressed that these figures do not, however, reflect “the redeployment on the ground claimed by SPLA, much of which has occurred outside the scope of the (CPA) monitoring and verification instruments”
A political agreement will be necessary to resolve these redeployments, including 9,599 “voluntarily demobilized” SPLA troops in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile and 32,814 otherwise unaccounted for SPLA troops, he said.
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Dinka Boy
UN chief urges Sudanese to discuss post-referendum arrangements
SPLM can not leave greater Nuba people behind.
I support my Nuba to join the South and we will be one and seperate independent state without NCP greedy.
You are heros in SPLa than some Southerners tribe.
Thanks
Dinka Boy
UN chief urges Sudanese to discuss post-referendum arrangements
Yah,soldiers shoul be equally intergrated at the border when it come to the demarcation of the borders.Hence therefore I feel sorry about our brother from Nuba and Bluenile who are been neglect by self interest people.May God protect you all.
Gatwech
UN chief urges Sudanese to discuss post-referendum arrangements
Ban Ki-Moon,
Here is a hint for you:
1. No elections will take place, but there is going to be change of leadership.
2. North-South border will be demarcated by the barrel of the gun.
3. South Sudan will become independent soon.
4. We know when this thing is going to happen unlike the other political idiots.
5. Don’t ask me to disclose it to you when and how.
6. Your recognition and support of the things pre-destined to happen soon is also appreciated.
Thanks,
Tut Gatwech
Akot Deng
UN chief urges Sudanese to discuss post-referendum arrangements
i strongly opposed the idea of UN secretary general estimating some SPLA percentage across the north border its is completly not true that SPLA deploment along the border. let me inform him that their snail tratic of dumping the right of southerners is physically noticed with clear evident stressed by Chinese as they have alot in common.
Shadrack Nuer Machut
UN chief urges Sudanese to discuss post-referendum arrangements
Dear Mr. BAN Ki-Moon, it is not from South Sudan where CPA implementation is not arranged. You better urge the government of national unity to comply with the CPA. The other parts of this country have the same view of opting to implement CPA amicably. We are here waiting for your respective interventions.
Thyinka
UN chief urges Sudanese to discuss post-referendum arrangements
It seems nobody is ready to discuss post-referendum arrangements because both sides are not read to negotiate with each other because of extreme stand taken especially by NCP in almost every negotiation.
What everybody is hoping for is that what belong to the South will go to the South and what belong to the North will go to the North once referendum favours separation and that will be it. It is as if separation itself will make things happen which may be difficult to agree on in a negotiation but it would be wise to at least get a feel of what post referendum issues would be so that sufficient preparation can be made with regard to how each of those challenges can be handled if not solved immediately. Knowing the problem is half of the solution.