SG/2169
AFR/2115
Following is the text of a joint statement
issued by witnesses to the signing of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement
for Sudan [African Union, Egypt, European Union, Inter-Governmental Authority
on Development, Italy, Kenya, League of Arab States, Netherlands, Norway,
Uganda, United Kingdom, United Nations, United States], today, 8 February:
We, the countries and organizations that
witnessed the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in 2005,
welcome the conclusion of the Southern Sudan referendum and the announcement