US nominates ambassador to South Sudan
Associated Press
2011-08-18
President Barack Obama“>Obama has nominated an ambassador to the world’s newest nation, South Sudan.
The nominee, Susan Page, currenly serves as deputy assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of African Affairs. Her nomination announced Thursday must be approved by the Senate.
Page has a doctorate in law from Harvard and extensive experience for both the U.S. foreign service and the United Nations. She has worked in Sudan, Rwanda, Botswana and Kenya.
South Sudan voted for independence from Sudan in January and became a new country July 9.
Some 2 million people died in fighting between the south and north 1983-2005, and key issues including a disputed border and management of the rich oil resources remain unresolved.
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Susan Page Named US Ambassador To South Sudan
(RTTNews) – Susan Page has been named the United States’ first ambassador to South Sudan, which became independent last month.
Currently serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of African Affairs, Page is an experienced hand on American diplomacy in Africa.
She has worked on Sudan and Rwanda with the United Nations and on African issues at non-governmental organizations.
South Sudan seceded from the North on July 9, and was shortly admitted to the United Nations as its 193rd member.
In a referendum held in January following two decades of conflict, the people of southern part of Sudan overwhelmingly voted for independence, dividing Africa’s largest country into two.
South Sudan’s government is headed by Salva Kiir, and the North has recognized its neighbor.
Despite the partition, North and South Sudan have a lot of work remaining to put in place, such as arrangements on security, citizenship, international treaties, economics, a soft border and natural resources.
They include the amount of oil proceeds to the North during a transition period before they lose most of their revenue from the South’s oil, and problems of ownership of the pipeline and other complicated structural issues in how to run the oil sector when countries divide.
The United States has offered to host in September a major development and private investors’ conference for Southern Sudan.
by RTT Staff Writer
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Obama Nominates Ambassador for South Sudan
U.S. President Barack Obama has nominated a State Department official as U.S. ambassador to the world’s newest country, South Sudan.
Mr. Obama chose Susan Page, who is deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of African Affairs.
Page has extensive experience in the U.S. foreign services, having worked in Sudan, Kenya, Rwanda and Botswana.
Her appointment has to approved by Congress, which is in recess until next month.
South Sudan became a country last month after residents voted in January to secede from Sudan.
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US names ambassadorial nominee to South Sudan
Sudan Tribune
August 18, 2011 (WASHINGTON) – The United States. president Barack Obama announced today his intention to nominate a senior official at the State Department to become the country’s first ambassador to South Sudan. The world’s newest nation came to …
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