BY INVITATION ONLY: ISS Conference, Mombasa: South Sudan: A Comprehensive Review of the CPA and Management of Post-Referendum Issues
Date: 2010-12-09 to 2010-12-10
Venue: , Severin Sea Lodge ,
Mombasa.
As 09 January 2011 draws near, the moment for the people of South Sudan to take one of the most critical decisions in the history of the semi-autonomous region is days away. This also means that the end of the interim period provided by the CPA is near. Whatever becomes the outcome of the long-awaited referendum, unity or secession, the entire region is bound to be saddled with the repercussions in either positive or negative way. Despite diverse regional and international diplomatic engagements towards addressing issues that are likely to pose challenges to the referendum process and the post-referendum stability of the North and South, several important issues remain.
- So how did Sudan get to where it is today?
- How far has the objectives of the CPA been achieved?
- What have the engagements of the AU and IGAD achieved?
- What is likely to be the outcome of the referendum?
- What are the geo-strategic and geo-political implications of the dynamics in Sudan for the Horn of Africa?
- What will be the implications of a split of South Sudan for the Abyei, Nuba Mountain, Blue Nile and Darfur regions of Sudan?
- What are the key post-referendum challenges and how should they be managed?
These, among others, are some of the key questions that spell out some of the issues that remain to be objectively addressed in any engagement that aims at early warning and conflict prevention.
It is within this framework that the Africa Peace Forum (APF), the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), Hanns-Seidel Foundation and the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kenya are jointly hosting this two-day conference to find answers to these outstanding issues that may arise in post-referendum Southern Sudan and the region. The conference will bring together members of the diplomatic community, government and academia who have engaged with or are involved in the issues of South Sudan for fruitful deliberations.
The main objective of the conference is to audit the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed in January, 2005 and to anticipate the likely developments to be associated with the referendum. It will particularly examine the possible internal and regional security and political dynamics in post-referendum South Sudan. It is envisaged that the conference will advance critical policy recommendations to effectively manage post-referendum challenges with a view to nurture and strengthen regional security and cooperation.
