Memo: Catherine Ashton commends successful holding of historic referendum on Southern Sudan’s self determination

Statement by Catherine Ashton, European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission, on the conclusion of Southern Sudan's self-determination referendum, 9-15 January 2011.

• Primary Source

EUObserver, 17.1.11: Sudanese consider 'EU model' as solution to oil question http://euobserver.com/9/31650

ESO: Background Information: Sudan: EU to observe the South Sudan Referendum http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-sudan-eu-to-observe-the-south-sudan-referendum/

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