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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06KHARTOUM597 2006-03-08 11:28 2011-08-24 16:30 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Khartoum 
VZCZCXRO1941
RR RUEHROV
DE RUEHKH #0597 0671128
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 081128Z MAR 06
FM AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1787
INFO RUCNIAD/IGAD COLLECTIVE
 
UNCLAS KHARTOUM 000597 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PINR SOCI SU
SUBJECT: GNU Forms Population Census Council per CPA 
 
 
1.  On January 7, Government of National Unity (GNU) 
President Omar al-Bashir established the Population 
Census Council through Presidential Decree number 2/2006. 
As outlined in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), 
Section 1.8.1 of the power-sharing agreement, this 
council will formulate the population census plans, 
identify measures and standards for the Central Bureau of 
Statistics (CBS), oversee and monitor the preparatory 
works for census, and control the enumeration process. 
It is responsible for producing periodic reports on its 
performance to the Presidency.  The presidential decree 
establishing the council does not vary from the CPA 
requirements. 
 
2.  Most members of the council were named due to their 
positions, as called for in the CPA; four experts 
subsequently gained appointments.  Representatives from 
the National Assembly and the Council of States have yet 
to be named.  The council membership is as follows, with 
political party affiliation noted: 
 
Minister of the Presidency of the Republic, Maj. Gen. 
Bakri Hassan Salih (NCP) (former Minister of Defense), 
Chair 
 
Minster of Cabinet Affairs, Deng Alor Kuol (SPLM) 
 
Minister of Federal Government, Abdel Basit Salih 
Sabdarat (NCP) 
 
Minister of Finance and National Economy, El Zubeir 
Mohamed el Hassan (NCP) 
 
Government of Southern Sudan Minister of Finance and 
Economic Planning, Arther Akuein Shol (SPLM) 
 
Representative of the National Assembly, TBA 
 
Represntative of the Council of States, TBA 
 
General Director, CBS, Abdul Rahman Mohamed Hassan, 
Rapporteur 
 
Executive Director, Southern Sudan Centre for Census, 
Statistics and Evaluation (SSCCSE), Luka Deng, Deputy 
Rapporteur 
 
Experts: 
 
Prof. Mohamed Awad Jalal El-Din 
 
Isaiah Chol 
 
Prof. Siddig Nasir 
 
Afrey Teesa 
 
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