UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his latest report to the UN Security Council on the Sudan cited recent developments that allowed the parties to move beyond several major obstacles that had long impeded progress in the CPA implementation, UN News Agency reported.
However, Mr. Ban warned that a return to conflict remains a very real possibility, with potentially catastrophic humanitarian, political, military and economic consequences throughout the region.
Mr. Ban called on all the support that the international and regional communities can offer to prevent such outcome.
Mr. Ban voiced concern over the continued violence in southern Sudan, the lack of progress in resolving outstanding issues regarding the disputed border town of Abyei, and the slow pace of progress on the north-south border demarcation.