coastweek.com: "The adoption comes after South Sudan voted to secede from the North in a landmark referendum in January.
The referendum marks the final phase of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), which concluded 20 years of war between the northern-based government in Khartoum and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/ Army (SPLM/A) in the south—a war that claimed the lives of some 2 million people and left millions more displaced.
The Security Council resolution extends the mission’s mandate until July 9, 2011 -- coinciding with the day South Sudan will officially be able to declare independence.
Meanwhile, the resolution considers the request by the government of southern Sudan “for a continued United Nations presence in South Sudan .”
In the new resolution, the 15-nation Security Council said it plans to set up a successor mission to UNMIS and asked UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to submit a report by May 16 on the post-independence options for a UN presence."
Sept 21, 2015 International Day of Peace Celebration at Lyceum University Cavite, Philippines
Ambassador Zara Bayla Juan, Sailing for Peace #PeaceDay
