[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 10714-10715]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN'S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

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                         HON. MICHAEL T. McCAUL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, July 8, 2011

  Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak in recognition and 
support of Republic of South Sudan which will tomorrow become Africa's 
54th country. As a co-chair of the House Sudan Caucus, I am grateful 
for the accomplishment of this successful milestone in the 
Comprehensive Peace Agreement process that has ended Sudan's 22-year 
civil war. In the past two decades, this civil war and famine took the 
lives of approximately two million people in Sudan.
  The ability for South Sudan to declare for itself its own country is 
a testament to what can be achieved when a unified international 
community made of nation states, international organizations, and non-
governmental organizations all come together to foster peace and assist 
in the resolution of difference between peoples.
  Yet, the people of South Sudan still face many challenges. There is 
more infrastructure to be built, governmental processes to be 
developed, and a new currency to be established. There are also 
unsettled issues with its neighbor, the Republic of Sudan, such as 
ending violence and suffering in Darfur, a long-term oil revenue 
sharing agreement, border demarcation, fair distribution of debts, and 
establishing the qualifications for citizenship.

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  Tomorrow, we will celebrate the birth of a new nation. However, with 
this tremendous event should come a renewed commitment from the world 
to preserve peace and cultivate a bright and stable future for the 
South Sudanese people.

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