Report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development Dean Allison, MP Chair DECEMBER 2010 40th PARLIAMENT, 3rd SESSION Published under the authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons SPEAKER’S PERMISSION Reproduction of the proceedings of the House of Commons and its Committees, in whole or in part and in any medium, is hereby permitted provided that the reproduct [...] These include delays in the implementation of CPA provisions concerning the referendum; outstanding disagreements between the North and the South; the possibility of one or more groups within the country rejecting the outcome of the referendum; and, not least, the potential for renewed violence and massive population displacement. [...] Stating that “the coming months are likely to be difficult for the people of Sudan and the international community engaged there,” Ban Ki-Moon also raised the spectre that “the referendum has the potential to change the future of the country and send shockwaves throughout the region”.2 THE COMPREHENSIVE PEACE AGREEMENT A. Conflict History 1. The North-South War A civil war between rebels in the So [...] B. Key Components of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement On January 9, 2005, the CPA was signed in Nairobi by the Government of the Republic of the Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLM/SPLA).7 The CPA built on six agreements that had been reached between the parties from 2002 to 2004.8 The life of the CPA, which established a six- month “pre-interim p [...] The second would determine whether Abyei, a region which straddles the North and South, will maintain special administrative status in the North, as defined under the CPA, or become part of the South, “irrespective of the outcome of the south’s own referendum on secession”.12 Furthermore, the CPA also spelled out two processes of “popular consultations” for the states of Southern Kordofan and Blue
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