South Sudan, born out of the decades-old conflict with northern part of Sudan, was welcomed into the United Nations on Thursday as its 193rd member, dpa reported. The UN pulled out all the stops to expedite the admission of the brand new republic just six days after Juba declared independence from Khartoum. On Wednesday the UN Security Council recommended the admission to the 192-nation assembly. The assembly on Thursday adopted a resolution without a vote to admit the nation of 8 million people, which is still in a state of conflict with Khartoum despite pledges by both sides to resolve their differences through diplomacy. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed South Sudan, which was represented by Vice President Rick Machar to the official admission ceremony at the UN headquarters in New York. -- SPA
