UN welcomes South Sudan as 193rd Member State

11:53, 15 July 2011

NEW YORK. July 15. KAZINFORM The General Assembly today admitted the Republic of South Sudan as the 193rd member of the United Nations, welcoming the newly independent country to the community of nations.

South Sudan's independence from the rest of Sudan is the result of the January 2011 referendum held under the terms of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that ended the decades-long civil war between the North and the South, the press service of the UN News Centre reports.

"At this moment... in this place... the world gathers to say in one voice: Welcome, South Sudan. Welcome to the community of nations," Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said after the Assembly adopted a resolution, by acclamation, to admit Africa's newest country.

Mr. Ban, who was among the UN dignitaries who attended the independence ceremony in South Sudan's capital, Juba, last Saturday, pledged the world body's assistance as the country shapes its future. "The commitment of all Member States will be essential as South Sudan moves forward," he stated.

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