South Sudan Independence: United Nations Security Council Expected To Recognize 193rd Member

UNITED NATIONS -- The president of the U.N. Security Council says he expects a ministerial meeting on July 13 to recommend that South Sudan be admitted as the 193rd member of the United Nations.

Germany's U.N. Ambassador Peter Wittig said Tuesday that the General Assembly will likely meet the following day – July 14 – to approve South Sudan's membership.

Wittig said the council will be holding intensive consultations on a new U.N. mission for South Sudan which will include a peacekeeping force, international police, and civilians to help the new country build a democratic government.

He said negotiators have reached a provisional agreement on a future border monitoring mission but details must still be worked out.

Comments

[demsxobama]

11:10 AM on 07/06/2011

Little truth has been coming out about the Sudan. In 1989 the Sudan became an Islamic dictatorship. They tried to force Arab culture, language, and the religion of Islam on the Southern Sudan, more specifically Sharia or Islamic law. Yet the South is mostly Christian. Underreported is the fact that MANY thousands of women in the South were asked if they were Christian. If they said yes, they were raped, killed, and their bodies mutilated and left in a field for everyone to see. Christian men and children were also murdered. This has been going on for some time, again, very underreported, if reported at all. All during this time the UN, essentially, did or said nothing.

In 2010 the CIA issues a warning, "Over the next five years....a new killing or genocide is most likely to occur in Southern Sudan.

Now the UN is announcing recognition of a new country, Southern Sudan. It is hard to believe that we can trust the UN or be confident of their intentions. They are CERTAINLY anti-Christian and anti-Semitic and have demonstrated this by both their actions and words in the past.

[baej]

10:46 AM on 07/06/2011

Oh goody. Another new country for us to send financial aid to. If the UN is for it it can't be a good idea. Just saying.

[MorandiEngage]

10:31 AM on 07/06/2011

Finally a good news.

[doophis]

10:17 AM on 07/06/2011

Thank Goodness!! Why on earth did it take SO long for the world to come to the defense of those in South Sudan!!?!!

[esblofeld]

11:22 AM on 07/06/2011

South Sudan is Christian. That's why they're declaring independence from Muslim Sudan. Read a book.

[jwvivier4]

09:31 AM on 07/06/2011

Maybe Obama can get the UN to recognize his 7 extra states.

[enkelin]

09:44 AM on 07/06/2011

I guess you dont know that there actually are 57 states and Territories. Places like Puerto Rico, Guam, The Marshall Islands etc.

[jwvivier4]

09:58 AM on 07/06/2011

LMFAO! Does the U.S President campaign in Puerto Rico, Guam, The Marshall Islands ect? Didn'T think so. But there are 57 Islamic states. Weird huh?

[baej]

10:49 AM on 07/06/2011

lol Only 50 of them can vote. Maybe that slipped O's mind. Or maybe he has another BIG plan to cover that.

[Rexter]

09:22 AM on 07/06/2011

Great! Create another north and south something another with a UN patrolled border between them with the U.S. footing the bill. This strategy has worked so well in other parts of the world, let me enumerate..........

To be fair though, it has worked in North and South Carolina and the Dakota's. East and west Virginia, not so much so.

[truegroundspeed]

09:18 AM on 07/06/2011

I guess that means we can send them more US tax dollars.

[JustinP213]

09:14 AM on 07/06/2011

Good

[benji85]

08:57 AM on 07/06/2011

Looking at the comments here, no wonder our country is failing.

Opposing the creation of a new country so that it's people can earn some level of protection, because Obama and the UN want it? If you don't know what's happening then please do us a favor research it before you open your mouth.

Side note, can we get Palestine recognized too?

[doophis]

10:19 AM on 07/06/2011

The comments you refer to are a sad reminder of how many hateful people we have in this country. In 2011, we have one incredibly long way to go toward becoming a just society that cares about the common good.

[benji85]

11:18 AM on 07/06/2011

And you would think that since it's Christians getting slaughtered, that so called fellow Christians would want to protect them. I guess since there isn't any oil or minerals there the people mean nothing...

[baddunion]

08:47 AM on 07/06/2011

The U.N. signed a crop confiscation law into effect and Obama copied it ver batem, his is the Rural Farm Board 3 wks old while you were watching Casey Anthony, he is a fox in our henhouse, he is planning to confiscate all farmland grown crops!

[buttwhyhaha]

08:49 AM on 07/06/2011

ALWAYS - WHEN A DIVERSION STORY POSTED - WATCH THE RIGHT HAND- LEFT IS SIGNING A BAN - AMERICA BETTER WAKE UP

[westoverallen]

09:08 AM on 07/06/2011

kook!

[Leon Engelun]

08:31 AM on 07/06/2011

they call it United Nations, when they should change the name to United Religions. They all have different religions and flaunt their religions at each other instead of working as a nations unified organization.
Ain't gonna have world peace when differences of religions are involved. Religious beliefs are all fanatical at best and won't allow rational thinking to manage world people and world human rights laws.

[johnniecjr]

07:57 AM on 07/06/2011

Will this stop the slaughter by the muslims of the north?

[buttwhyhaha]

07:42 AM on 07/06/2011

N.W.O. - NEXT - THE U.S. DOLLAR -

[eagle17765]

07:39 AM on 07/06/2011

It is about time!

[buttwhyhaha]

08:46 AM on 07/06/2011

But you have pc and internet in tw countries? amazing - myob - America not joining you

[jwvivier4]

09:33 AM on 07/06/2011

Time for what? One World order? I don't think so.

[shredder171]

10:10 AM on 07/06/2011

Thank you jwvivier4; f&f. The wealthy have nothing better to do than spend their money on this N.W.O. crud. Sometimes, I think, people confuse the role of the UN ..... Second, as part of the UN it means all countries- and not just the U.S.- that will engage and help South Sudan. The problem is that we tend to lead in that direction which makes us vulnerable. This isn't just a U.S. role but the roles of other nations intervening as well. Some people tend to forget what it should stand for. The UN may not be the best organization but its the only one we have working right now to try to bring different perspectives from every nation joined.