South Sudan: 'Give Peace a Chance - Give Children a Chance,' Senior UN Peacekeeping Official Says Visiting South Sudan

20 April 2018

All stakeholders in South Sudan must "engage genuinely and constructively in finding a political solution" to the conflict there, a senior United Nations peacekeeping official said at the end of her four-day visit.

"There is no military solution to the conflict," UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Bintou Keita told reporters in the war-ravaged country's capital, Juba, underscoring the importance of the peace talks facilitated by the regional body, the Inter-Governmental Authority for Development (IGAD).

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