January 9th: Countdown to Referendum, 2011

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Credit: UN Photo/Tim McKulka

An official of Sudan's National Elections Commission inspects a shipment of ballots delivered via helicopter by the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) to the remote town of Nagero.
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Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State of the United States of America, addresses a high-level meeting of the Security Council on the Secretary-Generals body of reports regarding the Sudan.
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Credit: White House/Pete Souza

President Barack Obama discusses the situation in Sudan with actor George Clooney during a meeting outside the Oval Office, Oct. 12, 2010.
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Credit: Tim McKulka

Internally Displaced Persons(IDPs) at Zam Zam camp outside El Fasher, Sudan.
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Credit: UN Photo/Tim McKulka

Voter registration materials are loaded onto a helicopter from the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), operating under the guidance of the UN Integrated Referendum and Electoral Division (UNIRED)
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Credit: UN Photo/Tim McKulka

An official from Sudan's National Elections Commission (left) assists a voter at a polling station in Juba, Sudan.