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New Arab League office in southern Sudan
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Feb 24, 2007 - 9:03:05 AM

New Arab League office in southern Sudan

ECO-LEAGUE-DARFUR-OFFICE New Arab League office in southern Sudan CAIRO, Feb 24 (KUNA) -- The Arab League (AL) Administrative and Financial Standing Committee on Saturday approved the appointment of Mohammad Munsef Amin Murad as head of the UN mission in the southern Sudan area of Juba for a four-year mandate. The appointment is aimed at "coordinating the Arab assistance and contribution in the implementation of a comprehensive peace accord between north and south Sudan," an official source at the AL told the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA). He added that Murad had previously worked at the Egyptian Foreign Ministry as well as Egyptian embassies in Sudan, Somalia and Djibouti. A final statement issued at last year's Arab Summit in Khartoum had recommended that an Al office in Jouba should open as soon as possible. "Now that the head of the UN office has been selected, all that remains is for the location of the office to be found as a prelude to opening it as soon as possible," the source said. The AL had held several meetings with representatives of Arab investment funds willing to launch development projects in southern Sudan bearing in mind that up to USD two billion worth of such development plans have been slated for that area. (end) mfm. eh KUNA 241625 Feb 07NNNN

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