GNU Forms Population Census Council per CPA

UNCLAS KHARTOUM 000597 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV PINR SOCI SU SUBJECT: GNU Forms Population Census Council per CPA ¶1. On January 7, Government of National Unity (GNU) President Omar al-Bashir established the Population Census Council through Presidential Decree number 2/2006. As outlined in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), Section 1.8.1 of the power-sharing agreement, this council will formulate the population census plans, identify measures and standards for the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS),oversee and monitor the preparatory works for census, and control the enumeration process. It is responsible for producing periodic reports on its performance to the Presidency. The presidential decree establishing the council does not vary from the CPA requirements. ¶2. Most members of the council were named due to their positions, as called for in the CPA; four experts subsequently gained appointments. Representatives from the National Assembly and the Council of States have yet to be named. The council membership is as follows, with political party affiliation noted: Minister of the Presidency of the Republic, Maj. Gen. Bakri Hassan Salih (NCP) (former Minister of Defense), Chair Minster of Cabinet Affairs, Deng Alor Kuol (SPLM) Minister of Federal Government, Abdel Basit Salih Sabdarat (NCP) Minister of Finance and National Economy, El Zubeir Mohamed el Hassan (NCP) Government of Southern Sudan Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Arther Akuein Shol (SPLM) Representative of the National Assembly, TBA Represntative of the Council of States, TBA General Director, CBS, Abdul Rahman Mohamed Hassan, Rapporteur Executive Director, Southern Sudan Centre for Census, Statistics and Evaluation (SSCCSE),Luka Deng, Deputy Rapporteur Experts: Prof. Mohamed Awad Jalal El-Din Isaiah Chol Prof. Siddig Nasir Afrey Teesa WHITAKER