UNITED NATIONS – The General Assembly admitted South Sudan yesterday as the 193rd member of the UN, sealing the new African country’s independence after decades of conflict.
The assembly vote, by acclamation, followed South Sudan’s independence ceremony in the capital, Juba, on Saturday, after its people voted in a January referendum to break away from Sudan – a decision accepted by Khartoum.
Applause broke out in the General Assembly as South Sudan became the first country to join the world body since Montenegro in 2006.
Sudan became independent in 1956. – (Reuters)
