As
Sudan
Complains of
2nd Round in
Jau, US Wants
Translation,
Juba
Says 2 Jau's
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
February 28 --
The town and
topic of Jau,
on the
ill-defined
border of
Sudan and
South Sudan,
was again
discussed in
UN Security
Council closed
door
consultations
on Tuesday,
Inner City
Press has
learned.
Sudan
has
complained in
writing to the
Council that
the recent
taking of
Jau by the
united
SPLM-North and
Darfur-based
Justice and
Equality
Movement was,
in fact,
assisted by
South Sudan.
On
Monday
outside
another closed
door Council
meeting, a
"holistic"
briefing by
Thabo Mbeki on
the range of
Sudan and
South Sudan
issues
including oil,
South Sudan's
Ambassador
David Choat
told Inner
City
Press there
are two Jau's
- one in Sudan
and the other
in South
Sudan.
Council
sources tell
Inner City
Press that the
United States
wanted to push
back the
briefing and
session on
Sudan's
complaint
about Jau
"until the
letter is
translated;"
still, a well
placed source
predicted a
session on it
will take
place tomorrow
Wednesday, the
final day of
Togo's Council
presidency.
During
the
last round of
fighting about
Jau in
December 2011,
the chief of
UN
Peacekeeping
Herve
Ladsous said
in essence it
is up to the
parties --
Sudan and
South Sudan --
to decide on
which side of
the border Jau
is located.
There was been
little
progress
since. Tuesday
it was
announced that
UN Mission in
South Sudan
chief Hilde
Johnson is
traveling to
Uganda,
Kenya and
Sudan itself,
which she has
often said is
not in her
mandate. What
is the trip
about and what
will be
accomplished?
And, again, what
DID Johnson
mean when she
answered Inner
City Press on
camera that
Russia
"subsequently"
told the UN
its
helicopters
would fly,
after grouding
them? What WAS
the death toll
in Pibor?
Watch
this site.
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