South Sudan Vice President travels to Malaysia for Commonwealth
nations conference
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May 13, 2011 (JUBA) – The Vice President of South Sudan,Riek Machar,
has travelled to Malaysia to participate in the conference of the
Commonwealth nations which is scheduled to begin on Saturday.
Machar who left Juba for the Malaysian’s capital, Kuala Lumpur, on
Friday, said he would use the opportunity availed by the forum to
lobby among the Commonwealth countries for recognition of South
Sudan’s independence which shall be formally declared on 9 July.
Established in 1931, the Commonwealth nations organization works to
promote democracy, human rights, good governance and the rule of law,
individual liberty, egalitarianism, free trade, multilateralism and
world peace.
The membership of the Commonwealth nations comprises more than 50
countries from the continents of North America, Europe, Asia, Africa
and Australia; most of which were former British colonies, or
dependencies of these colonies. The organization is headed by Queen
Elizabeth II of Britain.
The Vice President told the press shortly before his departure at Juba
International Airport that he would meet with individual world leaders
at the sideline of the conference to lobby them during his five days
participation in the conference.
The people of South Sudan voted overwhelmingly by over 98% in favour
of secession from the rest of Sudan in an internationally monitored
referendum on self-determination which was conducted in January 2011.
The plebiscite came as a result of the 2005 peace deal which ended 21
years of civil war between North and South.
President Omer Hassan Al Bashir of Sudan accepted the outcome of the
vote, saying it was expressing the will of the people of the
semi-autonomous region.
The leadership has also been dispatching senior officials of the
government to hand-deliver invitations to foreign dignitaries in
Africa to attend the day of its independence proclamation. Over eighty
per cent (80%) of the 53 countries in Africa have already accepted the
invitations.
Machar also revealed that his government will participate in the
meeting of the United Nations Security Council scheduled to take place
on July 13 in New York, during which the recognition of South Sudan’s
independence by the world body shall be on the agenda.
(ST)
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