Salva Kiir to attend UN General Assembly for the first time
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September 18, 2011 (KHARTOUM) — President Salva Kiir Mayadrit will
lead a delegation of the newly independent South Sudan to participate
for the first time at the meetings of the UN General Assembly in New
York.
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Sudan’s Vice-President Salva Kiir
speak to the media in Juba (file/AFP)
The Republic of South Sudan declared independence on 9 July 2011 after
a referendum on self-determination held within the framework of a
peace agreement signed on 9 January 2005 to end two decades of civil
war in Sudan.
The White House announced this week that US President Barak Obama will
meet Kiir on the sidelines of the General Assembly to mark his support
to South Sudan.
President Kiir will fly to New York on Tuesday and is expected to
address the UN’s General Assembly on 23 September for the first time
after South Sudan became an Independent state.
“The President will have more bilateral meetings with Presidents and
Heads of government and these include the President of USA Barack
Obama, President of Georgia, President of Lebanon Gen Michel Suleiman,
Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of Greece,
President of Austria Heinz Fischei and many more," said Ezekiel Lol
Gatkuoth, head of mission at the Embassy of the Republic of South
Sudan to US and UN.
"The president will address the UN General Assembly to highlight the
role of the new Republic of South Sudan in contributing to the world
peace, fighting global terrorism, challenges facing the new nation and
viability of the two states of South Sudan and North Sudan as friendly
nations," he added.
In Khartoum it was announced that foreign minister Ali Karti will lead
Sudan’s delegation to the UN Assembly General.
Before leaving New York, the undersecretary at the foreign affairs
ministry Rahama Mohamed Osman met with Ambassador Mary C. Yates, the
new Interim Chargé d’Affaires at the US Embassy in Khartoum, to
discuss the positions of the two countries at the General Assembly
meetings.
According to the Sudan’s official news agency SUNA the minister and
the undersecretary will participate in two meetings dedicated to Libya
and Somalia besides bilateral meetings with officials representing
different countries.
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