"And,in south Sudan it is getting worse. In DRC, the Democratic Republic of Congo, we are well familiar with challenges in the eastern part of the country, where we still have thousands and thousands of people on the move.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

The peacekeepers were serving with the UN Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (Unmiss).

BBC: Indian Unmiss solider in Jonglei

On 14 July 2011, the UN General Assembly voted by acclamation to admit the Republic of South Sudan as a Member State.

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences

Susan Denise Page, of Illinois, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of South Sudan.

WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate