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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Educating the electorate

21 December 2010 Local organizations in Southern Sudan have launched education campaigns ahead of what could prove to be the most important vote in the region's history.
15 February - Radio Miraya – Sound of Sudan

15 February 2010 Miraya FM is officially launching today its new national and regional programme, in an effort to keep its listeners better informed and closer to the current affairs of Sudan.
UN ready to assist with referendum

30 June 2010 UNMIS was working closely with the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and National Congress Party (NCP) to determine types of assistance UNMIS would offer to support the upcoming referenda
Help along the way

4 January 2011 Tens of thousands of internally displaced Sudanese have been heading back to their southern roots with little more than a few household items and the shirts on their backs.
UNMIS prepared for the referendum

21 December 2010 19 December – A top UNMIS official pronounced the mission to be technically and logistically ready for the referendum scheduled to begin on 9 January 2011 during a two-day visit to Western and No
A Cultural Revival

21 February 2011 On a cool starry night, thousands of people have gathered at Juba's Nyakuron Cultural Centre to attend the sixth annual Miss Malaika New Sudan beauty pageant.
Back to school

24 January 2011 When Santino Mayen enrolled in a primary school in the Western Bahr El-Ghazal State capital of Wau in 2005, Southern Sudan was just beginning to recover from two decades of civil war
British education in Juba

9 May 2011 "Learners Today, Leaders Tomorrow" is the motto guiding students of the recently opened Dr John Garang International School in Juba.
Roaming Khartoum streets

4 January 2011 Armed with clean sheets of paper and pencils, teenagers were drawing clouds, trees and solid houses in central Omdurman's Felah Centre before returning to the streets, where most of them lived.
Southern Sudanese go to the polls

20 January 2011 Jackson Joshua Jada walked up to a polling centre in the Kator district of Juba at 1 a.m.