[SFDXA] Fwd: ARLD028 The Republic of South Sudan Is Now a DXCC Entity

[Bill Marx]

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> ZCZC AE28
> QST de W1AW  
> DX Bulletin 28  ARLD028
> From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  July 14, 2011
> To all radio amateurs   
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> SB DX ARL ARLD028
> ARLD028 The Republic of South Sudan Is Now a DXCC Entity
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> At 10:18 AM (EDT) on Thursday, July 14, the UN General Assembly met
> to vote on whether or not to admit the Republic of South Sudan as
> its 193rd member state. The Republic of South Sudan was unanimously
> admitted and is now a member of the United Nations; a two-thirds
> majority is needed to become a member of the UN.
> 
> Immediately following the General Assembly meeting, the flag of the
> Republic of South Sudan flew for the first time in front of the UN,
> ceremoniously marking its membership in the UN.
> 
> Now that the Republic of South Sudan is a member of the United
> Nations, the new country is now a DXCC entity by way of Section II,
> 1(a) of the DXCC rules. The DXCC Desk will begin immediately
> accepting QSOs for this new entity, with a start date of July 14,
> 2011.
> 
> According to DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, the Honor Roll numbers
> move from 340 to 341 for the Top of the Honor Roll, and for Honor
> Roll it becomes 332. "The deadline for the Honor Roll and annual
> listings is December 31, so you must submit the new entity to DXCC
> by then in order to retain your Honor Roll status," Moore explained.
> 
> "For Logbook of The World (LoTW), you may submit all your QSOs with
> the Republic of South Sudan stations anytime. There is no need to
> hold them out of your log or do anything differently from what you
> already have been doing. You do not need to assign country names or
> identifiers. After we issue certificates to the Republic of South
> Sudan license holders, LoTW will make matches and assign the correct
> entities automatically."
> 
> As of July 14, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has
> not announced a prefix block for the Republic of South Sudan.
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