[Dxbase] South Sudan

Thu Jul 14 18:42:38 EDT 2011

At 10 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 admitted by a vote of 
acclimation and is now a member of the United Nations 
<http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=39034&Cr=South+Sudan&Cr1=>. 
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. The membership of the 
Republic of South Sudan in the United Nations invokes DXCC status under 
Section II, 1(a) of the DXCC rules <http://www.arrl.org/rules>. As such, 
the new country is declared a DXCC entity and QSOs for this new entity 
will be accepted immediately, with a start date of July 14, 2011.
The flag of the Republic of South Sudan
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 <https://p1k.arrl.org/lotwuser/default>), 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." Click here 
<http://www.arrl.org/news/us-recognizes-world-s-newest-country-the-republic-of-south-sudan> 
for more on how the Republic of South Sudan became the newest DXCC entity.