PREAMBLE

We, the People of Southern Sudan
Grateful to Almighty God for giving the people of the Sudan the wisdom and courage to reach a peace agreement which ended a long and tragic conflict;

Recalling our long and heroic struggle for justice, freedom, equality and dignity in the Sudan;
Remembering the selfless sacrifices of our martyrs, heroes and heroines;

Committed to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of January 9, 2005 and the Interim National Constitution of the Republic of the Sudan, 2005;

Dedicated to a genuine national healing process and the building of trust and confidence in our society;

Determined to lay the foundation for a peaceful and prosperous society based on justice, equality, respect for human rights and the rule of law;

Further committed to establishing a decentralized democratic multi-party system of governance in which power shall be peacefully transferred and to upholding values of human dignity and equal rights and duties of men and women;

Cognizant of our duty and responsibility to safeguard and ensure the true exercise of our inalienable right to self-determination through a fair and an internationally monitored referendum; and Conscious of the need to sustainably and efficiently manage our natural resources for the benefit of the present and future generations and to eradicate poverty and attain the Millennium Development Goals;
Do hereby adopt and promulgate this Interim Constitution of Southern Sudan as the supreme law by which Southern Sudan shall be governed during the Interim Period, and undertake to abide by, respect and defend it.

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