U.N. Security Council and African Union mediators said there were numerous issues that must be resolved during the next seven months including the demarcation of the North-South border, Abyei’s border, the formation of Referendum Commissions for South Sudan and Abyei, and the start of popular consultations in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states.
U.N. Special Representative for Sudan, Haile Menkarios, told the council that the work ahead could be divided into two phases: first, the peaceful and credible conduct of the referenda in January 2011, and second, the peaceful implementation of the outcomes of these processes.
SPLM Secretary General is in the United States to brief both the UN and the American administration on the CPA’s latest developments.