JVA Juba Valley Alliance

The SPLA troops then remained in Juba and will become part of the eventual Juba Joint Integrated Unit.

Broadcasting of news and information, discussion programmes and music in Arabic and colloquial Juba Arabic will start in Khartoum and be relayed to Juba.

United Nations mine action also focused on the verification and clearance of the Juba Yei corridor to resume the vital supply of food into Juba by road.

Colonel Barre Hirale, head of the Juba Valley Alliance (JVA), is the primary beneficiary of the revenue generated in the Lower Juba region, including the city of Kismaayo.

In southern Sudan, UNMIS is planning to start radio transmission from new premises in Juba following positive negotiations with the Government of Southern Sudan Minister of Information and Juba Radio and TV.

Local administration of the Lower Juba region and the city of Kismaayo

The coalition assisted the Juba Valley Alliance in defeating General Morgan's loyalists.

There are also three human rights officers in Juba, Kadugli and Abyei.

The recent violence in Khartoum and Juba undoubtedly strained intercommunal relations in those two cities.

Given the threat of food insecurity around Juba that resulted from the unrest following Mr. Garang's death, the parties also agreed to prioritize the joint demining and installation of bridges needed to open the road from Yei to Juba.

Operational sector composite groups have been deployed to Juba, Malakal, Kadugli, Ed Damazin, Abyei and Kassala.

In southern Sudan, earlier proposals for intercommunal reconciliation, following the August riots in Juba, met with some resistance.

(f) A battalion strength decentralized force reserve, headquartered in Kadugli, with companies garrisoned in Juba, Malakal and Wau.

Sector I contingent owned equipment will be delivered in December via the Yei Juba road, now cleared of mines.

UNMIS will provide technical assistance to Juba Radio and TV in exchange for the use of the latter's facilities.

The Monitoring Group further stated that there had been information of marihuana plantations in the Juba Valley region of Somalia.

The Juba Valley Alliance currently controls the Kismaayo seaport and derives revenue of approximately 500,000 per month from the port operations.

By the time the funeral of Mr. Garang was held in Juba on 6 August, the tense atmosphere had dissipated somewhat.

As noted above, the security situation in the UNMIS area of responsibility during the past three months remained tense, particularly in Sector I (Juba).

Prior to this suspension, the Juba Yei road had been verified and cleared to international standards, allowing for emergency Mission deployment and aid delivery.

Sector I the Equatoria area, including the states of West Equatoria, Bahr Al Jabal and East Equatoria the sector headquarters would be located in Juba

In view of the Sudan's size, the African Group also understood the need to establish two headquarters, in Khartoum and Juba, as well as regional offices.

Four workshops were organized in Khartoum, Darfur, Juba, Abyei and Port Sudan to raise awareness of the Bill of Rights provisions of the Interim National Constitution.

The deteriorating security situation in southern Sudan, however, hampered demining activities, which were suspended after the killing of two demining contractors on the Juba Nimule road.

UNMIS is holding a set of round table discussions for civil society in Khartoum and Juba on the human rights provisions of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.

Kismaayo is the fifth largest city in Somalia, situated in the Lower Juba region, in the southern part of the country. The population is estimated at 88,000.

One completed way station in Kosti, on the Nile, is being used for returnees who are forced to wait for barges to depart for Malakal and Juba.

The days following the announcement of Mr. Garang's death were marked by serious violence in Khartoum and several other locations including Juba and Malakal in southern Sudan.

He has an organization of subordinates that assist him in carrying out administrative activities in both the city of Kismaayo and the remainder of the Lower Juba region.

Everyone heard him. Everyone in the Sudan in Khartoum, in El Fasher and in Juba can watch, see and assess whether this commitment will be turned into reality.

The Mission will establish its headquarters in Khartoum and at Juba, and have sub offices in Rumbek, Malakal, Wau, Kaduli, Abyei, Ed Damazin, El Fasher, Nyala, El Geneina, Zalingei and Kassala.

With the recent deployment of the Bangladeshi Sector headquarters and composite group, UNMIS has achieved initial operating capability in Juba (Sector I), which is now the political centre of southern Sudan.

United Nations agencies have advanced in the process of consolidating their southern operations and will move management functions from Rumbek to Juba as the Government of Southern Sudan is established in the city.

The United Nations is producing and disseminating fact sheets in English, Juba Arabic and standard Arabic to potential returnees to provide them with an accurate picture of the situation they will face upon return.

While the number remains below that originally expected for this stage of the operation for the reasons stated above, UNMIS police now have a forward headquarters in Juba and a presence in six sectors.

It is reported that a group that is opposed to the Transitional Federal Government and in control of some of the forest in the Juba Valley region in Somalia is a key player in this business.

To enable the return of internally displaced persons and refugees at the end of the rainy season, mine action teams resumed operations at full strength in the Nuba Mountains, Juba, Rumbek, Yei, Kapoeta, Malakal, Ed Damazin and Darfur.

The largest of those SPLA redeployments was the movement of approximately 600 troops into Juba immediately prior to the funeral of Mr. Garang to perform both security and ceremonial duties in close cooperation with the Sudanese Armed Forces.

UNMIS has also resolved a series of standoffs at the sector level, including the deployment of SPLA forces into the former garrison towns of Juba and Kadugli, and contributed to the restoration of security following tribal clashes in Yambio.

However, delays in deployment and a lack of facilities continue to be a major cause for concern in other areas, such as Kadugli, Abyei and Juba, where the lack of office and residential accommodation hamper the deployment of additional officers.

Two meetings were organized on the establishment of an independent human rights commission in Khartoum and Juba, and included members of the National Constitutional Review Commission, the National Assembly, the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly, the Council of States and civil society.

On the basis of political and operational priorities, UNMIS has established a full time military observer presence in Juba (Sector I), Wau (Sector II), Malakal (Sector III), Kadugli (Sector IV), Ed Damazin (Sector V), Abyei (Sector VI) and Kassala (redeployment coordination headquarters).

In particular, it remains critical to have an aviation unit in Sector I (Juba), as UNMIS lacks the air capability to respond to LRA activities in the area or to serious security incidents, such as the recent repeated outbreaks of Zande Dinka fighting in Yambio.

Despite the current deployment delays, the UNMIS police field presence, together with UNDP, has successfully completed training courses for Government of the Sudan police in Kadugli and Juba and more courses are planned for implementation with police in both the north and the south.