The Two Sudans at a Critical Juncture

Dr. Francis Deng has served in numerous national and international positions. Following the 1972 Addis Ababa Agreement that ended the Sudanese civil war, he was successfully appointed Sudans Ambassador to the Nordic countries, Canada, and the United States; and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. With the independence of South Sudan, Dr. Deng was appointed the first Permanent Representative of South Sudan to the United Nations. He participated concurrently in South Sudan National Dialogue and the Revitalized Peace Process that ended the 2013-15 and 2016-17 civil war. Dr. Deng also held several positions in the United Nations Secretariat, first as Human Rights Officer; and later as Special Representative of the Secretary General on Internally Displaced Persons; and finally, as Under Secretary General and Special Advisor of the Secretary General for the Prevention of Genocide. Dr. Deng taught in several U.S. Universities, including Yale, Columbia, New York University, Graduate Center of The City University of New York, and the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University. He also held senior positions in leading US think tanks, including successively the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, United States Institute of Peace (UAIP), the Brookings Institution, the Kluge Center of the Library of Congress, and the Center of International Studies of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Dr. Deng has authored and edited over forty books on a wide variety of subjects.