A UN diplomat said peacekeepers could create limited buffer zones in the border of north and south Sudan before the referendum to avoid clashes between SAF and SPLA forces.
The remark came after GoSS President Salva Kiir Mayardit last week asked the visiting UN Security Council delegation for peacekeepers to be deployed along north-south border.One council diplomat, who did not want to be identified, told reporters that it was unrealistic to put UN peacekeepers along the whole north-south border in a country that is large like Sudan.
However, he added that the UN should consider an increase of UNMIS forces in hotspots along the border where a buffer presence could be established.
UNMIS has 10,000-peacekeepers that monitor the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in the Sudan.