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.
06 June 2011 - Lieutenant General Babacar Gaye, the Military Advisor to the United Nations
Headquarters, visited the troubled Sudanese region of Abyei and the other two likely flashpoints
of the country, namely the Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile States on 02 and 03 June 2011.
The General was accompanied by the UNMIS Force commander, Major General Moses Obi. more
UN
United Nations Peacekeeping
