According to the United Nations Security Council, what should South Sudan do? [o

The United Nations Security Council has formally recommended that South Sudan should join the United Nations. However, there are still major concerns over the disputed oil-rich region of Abyei and the simmering conflict in South Kordofan. From New York, here’s Barbara Plett.
    There is a sense in the Security Council that a milestone has been reached. Since 2005, the UN has monitored the agreement that ended the civil war between north and south, and it oversaw the referendum that led to the south’s secession. Bestowing UN membership on the new nation should be a formality, starting with the council’s recommendation and ending the next day with the endorsement of the 192 UN member states. But many look to the future with apprehension because in the past few weeks, the two sides have come closer to war than at any time in the past five years over the disputed region of Abyei.