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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Menkerios makes first southern visit

8 April 2010 Newly appointed UNMIS Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Haile Menkerios made a three-day familiarization tour of Southern Sudan beginning 29 March.
Abyei citizens presented with radios

3 May 2011 29 April 2011 – Seeking to address a severe lack of information in Abyei and surrounding communities, UNMIS joined with other partners today in equipping area people with radios.
Returnees arrive to mark southern independence

6 July 2011 5 July 2011 - Thousands of returnees continued to arrive on barges at Juba Way Station today from the north to take part in independence celebrations scheduled for 9 July.
"We are Sudanese”

20 April 2011
Fire sparks fuel shortage in Yambio

31 August 2009 A fire consumed a tanker truck and three containers on 22 August in Yambio, Western Equatoria State, cutting petrol supplies and pushing up area fuel prices.
Security Council delegation concludes Southern Sudan visit

7 October 2010
WFP delivers food to over 26,000 displaced in Southern Kordofan

19 June 2011 18 June 2011 – The World Food Programme (WFP) has delivered food over the past week to more than 26,000 people who have fled ongoing violence in Southern Kordofan State.
Background

26 April 2017 The latest north-south civil war began in 1983, following the breakdown of the 1972 Addis Ababa agreement. For more than two decades, the Government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), the main rebel movement in the sou...
Security Council establishes Abyei mission

29 June 2011 27 June 2011 - The Security Council established today a UN peacekeeping force for the disputed Abyei area, which has been the scene of renewed fighting in recent weeks.
CPA parties agree to demilitarize Abyei, but Southern Kordofan still tense

21 June 2011 20 June 2011 – The Government of Sudan and Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) agreed today in Addis Ababa to withdraw their troops from Abyei and set up a temporary administration for the