The decision must be ratified Thursday by the General Assembly. South Sudan on Saturday proclaimed its independence. The keys of the new African State, southern Sudan. The UN Security Council approved Wednesday the admission as a member of the Organization South Sudan and sent the decision to the General Assembly to be voted on this Thursday. The Security Council recommended to the General Assembly that the Republic of South Sudan be admitted as member of United Nations, says the terse resolution approved unanimously 1.999 by the highest executive organ of the UN in a meeting chaired by the German Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle. After the green light of the highest organ of international security to the incorporation into the UN of South Sudan, last Saturday it proclaimed its independence, the vote of the General Assembly will be only a formality for the new African State to become member number 193 of the organism. On behalf of the members of the Security Council, I wish to congratulate the Republic of South Sudan on this historic occasion, said Westerwelle, whose country holds the rotating Presidency of the Council in July.

The maximum international security body notes with great satisfaction the solemn commitment of the Republic of South Sudan’s dnder the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and fulfil all the obligations contained therein, noted the same communique. A historic decision, Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary general participated in the meeting of the Security Council and also considered as historical decision, at the time that recalled the civil war for 21 years who lived the Sudanese and the millions of displaced persons, as well as the thousands of losses of human lives that caused the conflict. Now they have their own country, but work has not done more than start: Government institutions are weak and have tremendous challenges ahead on all fronts, such as social services, health care or education, said Ban. The head of the UN noted that the newly created African State currently has the lowest human development indicators and as any newly born, southern Sudan needs help. Ban stressed that the responsibilities of the UN towards southern Sudan are enormous and the role to be played by the institution vital, but also complicated, since the region is faced with problems after the departure of the Blue Helmets in Sudan and the conflict in Darfur, South Kordofan and Abyei oil region. According to the procedure of the United Nations, once the Security Council has unanimously approved the application for incorporation of southern Sudan to the Agency, corresponds to the General Assembly give its final approval to the new Member. So this Thursday will be the plenary of the General Assembly of the United Nations who must decide in favour of l incorporation of South Sudan to the organism, which occurs after the request in that sense of the Sudan of the South President, Salva Kiir Mayardit.