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SUDAN / JIU DISSOLUTION
STORY: SUDAN / JIU DISSOLUTION
TRT:1.25
SOURCE: UNMIS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 8 APRIL 2011, JUBA / SUDAN
1. Med shot, SAF Joint Integrated Units (JIU) soldiers chanting
2. Med shot, soldiers waving flags on top of a tank
3. Wide shot, JIU soldiers at the dissolution ceremony
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Lt. Gen James Hoth Mai, Vice-Chairman of the Joint Defense Committee and SPLA Chief of Staff:
“I would like to appreciate out brothers who are going to the North for their great work. We are proud of their work of keeping the peace. We have nothing to give them but we will say thank you for the work you have done.”
5. Med shot, SAF JIU soldiers
6. Med shot, tanks being loaded onto barges
7. Med shot, soldier covering the barrel of a tank
8. Wide shot of the tanks
9. Wide shot of soldiers off-loading Rocket Propelled Grenades
10. Med shot, soldiers off-loading the grenades from a truck
11. Wide shot, RPG’s on the ground
12. Close up, RPG’s piled up to be transported
13. Wide shot, JIU soldiers celebrating
As Southern Sudan heads for independence in July, the last of the Sudan Armed Forces Joint Integrated Unit (JIU) members have begun leaving Juba, by barge for the north.
Over the last weeks members of the northern JIU soldiers had assembled in the southern capital from various locations in Central, Eastern and Western Equatoria states.
High-ranking officials from the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), the Sudan Armed Forces and UNMIS attended the farewell event for the First Division of SAF convened at Juba River Port.
UNMIS Force Commander Maj. Gen. Moses Bisong Obi said the occasion was special, with higher officials gathering to recognize the services of the armed forces over the past six years to insure respect for the peace agreement.
The Joint integrated unit was setup as part of the security protocol of the comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed in 2005 by the Khartoum government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army. The unit had an equal number of troops from both the north and south army.
The departure of the First Division from Juba marked the last SAF troops departing the south for the north. JIU SPLA units from Khartoum have also left for the south.
Vice-Chairman of the Joint Defense Committee and SPLA Commanding Officer Hoth commended the officers and gallant forces of both the SAF and SPLA for their patience and strength in performing responsibilities vested on them throughout the past six years.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Lt. Gen James Hoth Mai, Vice-Chairman of the Joint Defense Committee and SPLA Chief of Staff:
“I would like to appreciate out brothers who are going to the North for their great work. We are proud of their work of keeping the peace. We have nothing to give them but we will say thank you for the work you have done.”
According to the peace agreement, the JIU were to serve as the nucleus for the national army if the south had voted for a united Sudan in the January 9th referendum, but with the overwhelming voting for secession, the JIU’s are to disintegrated and return to the mother armies.
SAF Chief of Staff and Chairman of the Joint Defense Committee Esmat Abdurahman Zein-Al-Abdeen congratulated the JIUs for their immense contribution towards implementing the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement, which they had been tasked to monitor.
The northern army SAF had an estimated force of about 12,000 in the South in its JIUs component per the security protocol agreement in the CPA. Most of the force comprised of southerners who had fought for the northern army SAF or from the Other Armed Groups that were incorporated into SAF after 2005 peace deal.
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