An UN mission formed before the country - S/RES/1996

South Sudan is a new country that has many birth-certificates within the archives of the United Nations Organization, one of them is S/RES/1996, which establishes the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS). It is dated before the establishment of the new republic and due to this fact it calls for its actions to be adopted after the proclamation of the new independent state. It sets out to determine the very broad mandate of the mission in the country as well as the several calls for cooperation among the relevant regional actors. The tasks assigned to the mission are related to basic elements of governance, such as specific actions related to institution-building in the region and core government functions, such as basic services.

South Sudan membership - S/RES/1999 (2011)

S/RES/1999 is one of the most important and most simple resolutions that the United Nations Security Council can issue. The resolution only states that they have examined the application of the Republic of South Sudan and that it recommends that the General Assembly to admitted the country to membership. There is very little information on the resolution, the important elements regarding the application of the country to the organization are not on the resolution but rather in other documents sent to the organization.

Quick Response to South Sudan Referendum - S/RES/1978 (2011)

S/RES/1978 is a short and straight forward response to the referendum that took place in South Sudan and voted for the transformation of that region into an independent country. In this regard, the main goal of the resolution can be seen as assuring the international community and the interested parties in South Sudan that the United Nations will support the results from the ballot box and that it will assist in implementing those results. The resolution extends the mandate of the mission in Sudan temporarily, until July 9; a time in which we can probably expect a new resolution to be released establishing a new mission on the region, possibly under a different name.

New Peacekeeping Operation in Sudan UNISFA - S/RES/1990 (2011)

S/RES/1990 creates a new peacekeeping mission in Africa, this time in south Sudan to deal mainly the backlash of the possible of the creation of a new country. The efforts of the mission are closely related to the political development that is taking place in the country towards pacification. The mandate is related to redeployment of forces, de-mining operations, delivery of aid and also building a policy force. The force is designed to be up to 4,200 in military numbers and it is supposed to last six months.