Brussels, 02/08/2011 (Agence Europe) - Rosalind Marsden, a British national who has been EU Special Representative (EUSR) for Sudan (and head of the Sudan task force within the EU Council) since 1 September 2010, is now to cover both Sudan and South Sudan until 30 June 2012. This has been made necessary by the fact that South Sudan proclaimed independence on 9 July, and the decision to amend and extend Marsden's mandate was taken by the EU Council on Monday 1 August, without debate.
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