South Sudan’s flag to be raised at AU HQ next week
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
August 4, 2011 (ADDIS ABABA) – The flag of the newly born Republic of South Sudan will officially be raised next week before all AU member states at the headquarters in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, to officially mark the admission of the country as the 54th member state of the continental bloc.
The Government of South Sudan (GoSS) Liaison office in Addis Ababa on Thursday said the AU will hold a flag-raising ceremony for the new member state.
South Sudan is the first nation to be admitted to the AU in almost two decades after Ethiopia’s former province, Eritrea, gained independence in 1993 and joined the continental body.
“The flag for the Republic of South Sudan will be raised in the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa next Wednesday, August 10, 2011” David Dang Kong, deputy head of the GoSS mission, told Sudan Tribune.
“The South Sudan flag-raising ceremony will be attended by all members of AU” he said adding “it will be a great day for the people of South Sudan”.
South Sudan’s independence comes after a plebiscite resulted in a landslide vote in favour of secession from the north.
Despite the peaceful North-South Sudan divorce, the two countries still need to engage in post-split negotiations to settle a number of pending issues such as citizenship, border demarcation, currency and oil-revenue sharing among others.
Another sensitive issue is the fate of the contested oil-producing Abyei region which is currently being monitored by a UN mandated Ethiopian peacekeeping force, which will eventually number 4,200, until a final and binding solution is secured over the disputed region.
The governments of both states resumed their post-split negotiations in Addis Ababa on Saturday and reached an agreement to allow a border-monitoring support mission.
The latest agreement marks the first intergovernmental accord between the two states since South Sudan gained independence last month.
The two governments have reaffirmed their commitment to the agreement signed on 29 June 2011 to the establishment of a Joint Political and Security Mechanism (JPSM) to oversee security of the common border between the two states.
The AU which commended the new progress said in a statement “that the mechanisms provided for in this agreement, including third party monitoring and verification, will contribute towards the construction of peaceful relations between the two States.”
The AU High-level Implementation Panel pledged to continue support the two states in implementing this agreement and in their efforts to complete negotiations on a range of issues that will support their mutual viability.
The AU Commission Chairperson, Jean Ping, welcomed the agreement. He said the agreement will make a significant contribution to enhancing security between the two states and will fill the vacuum that has been created in security mechanisms since the end of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), on 9 July 2011.
He added, it will also allow the people of the two countries to go about their daily lives in greater security and safety.
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AUGUSTINO DENG
South Sudan’’s flag to be raised at AU HQ next week
The flag of Southern Sudan looks so beautiful, but the Administration that constitutes that flag was so naive and imperfect. On my side, raising of the flag is not something quite difficult, but the problem is how we should respect it, and what are the laws that will guard that flag.
By Augustino Deng. Jech la mer from Tharpam.
MINDED.DUDE
South Sudan’’s flag to be raised at AU HQ next week
Flag is not human life.
Flag is just sheet contain nothing.
we need peace,unity,and development,
we can even stay or live without flag as long we still working together for the common goal as to build our nation.
DeltaBravo
South Sudan’’s flag to be raised at AU HQ next week
It is true my brother. Flag is just piece of cloth. UNITY first among our selves is the very important thing we have to deal with.
Bush
South Sudan’’s flag to be raised at AU HQ next week
I hate the so-called AU on dragging their feet on everything that concerns South Sudan, especial that Beshir’s friend called Ping or Pinging did not want us to separate. Why is it taking too long for the AU to do that when it took only few days for the BIG UNSC to complete the process?
Anti Dinka's
South Sudan’’s flag to be raised at AU HQ next week
The flag of the newly born Dinka’s Republic of South Sudan will officially be raised next week before all AU member states
very sad indeed
the majority of southern Sudanese people will feel the pain
that Dinka’s pain inflicted on them
Bush
South Sudan’’s flag to be raised at AU HQ next week
@Anti Dinka’s
Are you mad? We don’t have your so-called Dinka’s Republic of South Sudan here my friend, avoid such inflammatory and provocative comments from here, OK!.
MINDED.DUDE
South Sudan’’s flag to be raised at AU HQ next week
Mother fucker called ANTI-DINKA.
Is not south sudanese citizen,even right now he do not live in south sudan.
He is also very poor in English too.look the way how he commented all articles on ST WEB SITE.
DeltaBravo
South Sudan’’s flag to be raised at AU HQ next week
TO ANTI DINKA
I know you don’t sleep ,eat,drink because of DINKA ,but please could you please show yourself like Perfessional person. I know you been drinking beer the entire weekend. Second you are not educated person they way you express yourself define you as DRUNKEN person. SouthSudan belong SouthSudanese not Tribes or person. I dnt know why God created such a person like you in the first place. you usell small mind drunken basterd keep drinking and talking shit about DINKA you got nothing on us as Tribe. I know you that you are homeless in the WESTERN WORLD come home to live with your people we dnt kick out lazy person like you.
Anti Dinka's
South Sudan’’s flag to be raised at AU HQ next week
To Y MINDED.DUDE & Bush
i know the truth is very painful to read
make NO Mistake about it,
that is the fact on the ground
the Dinka’s republic of south Sudan
If you guys can prove it go ahead and try. Otherwise, it’s all logic .
Anti Dinka's
South Sudan’’s flag to be raised at AU HQ next week
To DeltaBravo
the best news is I am NOT an Alcoholic!!
Dinka’s can not buy me
im in the battlefield with Dinka’s