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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UN Secretary-General arrives for Southern Sudan independence

9 July 2011 8 July 2011 - UN Secretary General (SG) Ban Ki-moon arrived in the Southern Sudanese capital of Juba on the eve of independence celebrations for the new Republic of South Sudan.
New UNMIS commander arrives in Ed Damazin

3 December 2009 Replacing outgoing UNMIS Ed Damazin Sector Commander Col. Zawar Hussain, Col. Muhammad Muzahir of the Pakistani Army arrived in Sudan on 23 November.
AU assessment team arrives in Southern Sudan

3 April 2011 1 April 2011 - A delegation of African Union (AU) experts arrived in the Southern Sudanese capital of Juba for a weeklong assessment of the region's post-conflict needs.
Fashoda County ready to vote in referendum

9 January 2011 8 January 2011 - A day before Southern Sudan's self-determination referendum is set to kick off, residents of Fashoda County in Upper Nile State can barely contain their excitement.
Deaf learn to vote and sign

23 February 2010 Training for deaf people and their families in voting and international sign language began on 22 February in Juba, Central Equatoria State.
Anyanya One veteran casts his vote

11 January 2011 10 January 2011 – Jeremiah Gony Shuei was a young man of 23 when he joined the Anyanya One rebels in 1963 who were fighting to overthrow the regime of Gen. Ibrahim Abboud.
One-legged veteran walks three miles to vote

10 January 2011
A prisoner’s right to vote

16 January 2011
Never too old to vote

12 January 2011 12 January 2011 – Akot Chan Chol Ater, 96, never imagined he would live to participate in either this month's self-determination referendum in Southern Sudan or the general elect
2006 press releases

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