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 | | The two chief negotiators, Dr. Ali Osman Taha, First Vice President of Sudan representing the Sudan government, and Dr. John Garang, Chairman of the SPLM/A representing southern Sudan signed the peace accord. |
 | | Presidents, vice presidents, prime ministers, ministers, and high officials of many different countries and international organizations, as well as thousands of other people, witnessed the event. |
 | | There are almost no hospitals or schools in all of southern Sudan, which has a population of more than 12 million people and an area larger than the countries of Kenya, Uganda, Eritrea, Somalia, and Djibouti combined. |
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