In any case, revenue sharing, border demarcation, the status of southern military units in northern regions as well as future arrangements on citizenship will likely remain points of contention for years to come, and could trigger more violence.
The '30 under 30' lists by publications like Forbes and Time Magazine are perhaps the ultimate demarcations of status for young professionals and leaders.
"The secretary general encourages both presidents to address decisively all outstanding issues between Sudan and South Sudan regarding security, border demarcation and the final status of the Abyei Area, to urgently activate agreed border security mechanisms, and implement all other agreements signed on 27 September 2012," the statement by Mr. Ban's office read.
In addition to oil production, other matters addressed in the cooperation agreement are to be immediately carried out in the next two to three weeks, including security arrangements, the demarcation of borders, the status of people living across borders, trade, economics and pensions.
There are still a lot of unresolved issues that need to be settled now — including border demarcation, water rights and the status of citizens on both sides of the border.
A number of pressing issues, however, have not been resolved, including the demarcation of the border, the status of each nation's citizens in the other's country, and the sharing of the revenues from the region's oil.
Both sides have failed to agree on oil production fees, or on issues like the demarcation of borders and the status of their citizens living on the other side.
In most Nigerian cities, residential demarcation is used to classify the status of the residents.
The highly volatile issues to be resolved include the demarcation of the border separating the nations, the status of citizens in each country and, most thorny of all, oil.
The objective was to evaluate the scientific status of anthroposophic medicine (AM) according to demarcation criteria proposed in contemporary philosophy of science.
