Sudan: UN Panel Hails South’s Vote for Independence, But Cautions on Tasks Ahead

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–7 February 2011 – The United Nations panel that monitored the independence referendum in Southern Sudan today hailed the official results showing that an overwhelming majority opted for secession, but cautioned that the two sides now need to build constructive new ties.

“Their work is not over,” Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon’s Panel on the Referenda in Sudan, said in a news release on the results, which will sever a third from what has until now…