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| | United Nations - OCHA IRIN | Web Special | Sudan - The Road to Peace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | However, it was not until 1997 that the countries of IGAD (comprising Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda, in addition to Sudan) managed to gain agreement from both parties to accept the DoP as a basis for negotiations, says John Young, an expert on the Sudan peace process. |
 | | Indeed, the protocol specifically states the alternatives to be presented in the referendum to be to either: confirm the unity of Sudan by voting to adopt the system of government established under the peace agreement; or to vote for secession. |
 | | While the protocol makes clear that "the people of South Sudan" will participate in the referendum, it does not state whether or not southerners have to be resident in the territory at the time of the vote, and whether or not they could participate while living in the north, or even outside the country. |
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