Closure of UNMIS

UNMIS wound up its operations on 9 July 2011 with the completion of the interim period agreed on by the Government of Sudan and Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), signed on 9 January 2005.

The mission ended its six years of mandated operations the same day South Sudan declared independence, following a CPA-provided referendum on 9 January 2011 that voted overwhelmingly in favour of secession.

In support of the new nation, the Security Council established a successor mission to UNMIS – the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) – on 9 July for an initial period of one year, with the intention to renew for further periods as required.

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25 May 2010

Sudan in ink

Chinese oil worker Su Ning had only a vague idea where Sudan was and knew almost nothing about it before his arrival in Khartoum in 2002.

Since then, he has published three books of drawings on Sudan while in the country and a fourth in his homeland.

25 May 2010

Southern Sudan president-elect sworn in

Leader of the Southern Sudan People's Liberation Movement General Salva Kirr Mayardit was on 21 May sworn in as the as the first elected leader of Southern Sudan.

24 May 2010