Commonwealth nations welcome the new state of South Sudan
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May 22, 2011 (JUBA) – The Commonwealth nations have welcomed the
would-be new born state of South Sudan in July at the organization’s
three-day conference in the Malaysian’s capital, Kuala Lumpur, this
week.
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GoSS VP Riek Machar speaking to press shortly after his arrival from
Malaysia on 20 May 2011 (ST)
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 expressed the will of the people of the
semi-autonomous region.
In a statement to the press at Juba International Airport on Saturday
shortly after his arrival from Malaysia, the Vice President of the
Government of Southern Sudan, Riek Machar, said the 54 nations of the
Commonwealth have already taken for granted during the conference the
recognition of the new state of South Sudan in July 2011.
Machar who participated in the Commonwealth conference added that the
countries went further to discuss the possibility of South Sudan
joining the organization as the 55th nation after declaration of its
independence.
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 54 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.
South Sudan 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 earlier 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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