On 27 September 2012, the presidents of Sudan and South Sudan committed themselves to establishing a Safe Demilitarized Border Zone (SDBZ), to run along 10 km on either side of a centre-line, set out on a map created by the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP). Eighteen months on, the SDBZ remains militarized, and the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mission (JBVMM)—designed to verify the demilitarized zone—was suspended after South Sudan withdrew from participation in the JBVMM in November 2012. With the attention of both countries directed at ongoing conflicts inside Sudan and South Sudan, there is no prospect of an SDBZ being implemented in the near future.
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