NZDF's Senior National Officer Major Terry McDonald with children in Sudan, October 2009. (WN09-0040-098)
United Nations Mission in Southern Sudan
On 9 July 2011 South Sudan became the newest country in the world. The birth of the Republic of South Sudan is the culmination of a six-year peace process and a new chapter in a region that has seen little peace in the last 50 years.
Southern Sudan
The Security Council established the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) for an initial period of one year.
The resolution 1996 (2011) mandates UNMISS to consolidate peace and security, and to help establish the conditions for development with a view to strengthening the capacity of the Government of the Republic of South Sudan to govern effectively and democratically and establish good relations with its neighbours.
The NZDF has three personnel working with UNMISS.
Darfur
The conflict in Darfur started in 2003, pitting the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) against the Government of Sudan.
The Government responded by sending troops and recruiting Arab tribesmen, known as the Janjaweed, who engaged in attacks against the civilian population of this western region of Sudan. The April 2004 ceasefire is monitored by the African Union/ United Nations hybrid mission in Darfur (UNAMID), and has no NZDF staff deployed with it.
Source: Security Council Report Monthly Forecast Dec 2005 www.securitycouncilreport.org
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