The present report is submitted pursuant to paragraph 11 of Security Council resolution 1590 (2005), in which the Council requested that it be kept regularly informed of progress in the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in the Sudan, and paragraph 26 of Council resolution 1870 (2009), in which the Council requested me to develop benchmarks (see annex I to the present report) for measuring and tracking progress in the implementation of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), and to include in my report an assessment of progress made against those benchmarks, as well as any consequent recommendations regarding the configuration of the Mission. The report provides an assessment of the overall situation in the country since my previous report, of 17 April 2009 (S/2009/211), and provides an update on the activities of UNMIS up to 30 June 2009. Sections IV and VI of the report assess the progress made vis-à-vis the aforementioned benchmarks.