السفارة السودانية بواشنطون تقيم مهرجانا غنائيا حافلا إحتفاءا بالإستقلال وأعياد السلام و الميلاد

Quote: There is no consensus on the state of the CPA or its future - some think implementation is going well, others poorly; some think peace will last until the 2011 referendum, others are doubtful. Those who have a pessimistic view blame repeated violations of the CPA by the NCP and issues internal to Southern Sudan. No uniform opinion emerges on the state of the CPA - participants are evenly split on whether they think implementation of the peace agreement is going well or poorly.4 Those who are optimistic about the CPA say they see signs of progress in the simple fact that peace exists and has brought benefits such as freedom of movement and the formation of their own government. Participants who have the opposite view - implementation of the CPA is not going well - fall into one of two camps. The first group asks how the CPA could possibly be seen as successful when there have been numerous violations - in the Abyei Protocol, in the power-sharing and wealth-sharing agreements and in the security arrangements - of the CPA perpetrated by the National Congress Party (NCP). The second group focuses on issues internal to Southern Sudan, such as insecurity and lack of development, which they believe have hurt the implementation of the CPA. On the question of whether peace will last until the 2011 referendum, participants also express great uncertainty. There is an almost even divide between those who believe peace will prevail and those who do not. There is no single reason participants who have hope for peace give for their stance, but faith in the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS), belief in the resilience of the CPA and the South, pragmatic considerations ("[peace] is in the interest of both [sides]"5) and supervision of the international community are a few they cite. Those pessimistic about the prospect for lasting peace say that their concern is the result both of the actions by the NCP and militias and of issues within Southern Sudan like insecurity, tribalism and corruption. Issues like these, they say, place the peace agreement in danger of collapse.