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South Sudan: Renewed Arms Embargo, Sanctions Threaten Peace Deal - Juba
East African, 2 June 2021
South Sudan's unity government says the United Nations Security Council's decision to renew the arms embargo and targeted sanctions will jeopardise the progress of the 2018… Read more »
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South Sudan: Arms Embargo Still Crucial for Civilian Protection
HRW, 26 May 2021
UN Security Council Should Renew Embargo, Demand Concrete Rights Reforms Read more »
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South Sudan: UN Security Council Must Not Lift Arms Embargo Until Benchmarks Are Met - Amnesty International
AI London, 17 May 2021
Lifting the UN arms embargo on South Sudan could have dire consequences for human rights, Amnesty International warned today, ahead of a UN Security Council vote on 27 May to… Read more »
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South Sudan: Why Peace is Hard to Come By in South Sudan
Nation, 24 May 2021
As South Sudanese continue to writhe under the crushing consequences of war and violence, it seems more and more like the warring leaders are unwilling to work for peace. This is… Read more »
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South Sudan: UN Mission Chief Calls On Juba Parties to 'Grasp Chance for Peace' in Sudan
Dabanga, 26 May 2021
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Integrated Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), Volker Perthes, has called on all parties at… Read more »
UN Renews South Sudan Arms Embargo, Juba Protests
South Sudan's unity government says the United Nations Security Council's decision to renew the arms embargo and targeted sanctions will jeopardise the progress of the 2018 revitalized peace agreement. In April this year, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said the Security Council could only lift sanctions on South Sudan when the 2018 peace agreement was fully implemented. In May 2021, the UN Security Council approved a resolution extending an arms embargo and sanctions against South Sudan for one year. The Council first placed an arms embargo on South Sudan in 2018.
Human Rights Watch says attacks on civilians and aid workers in South Sudan are rising. The rights group said that over the last year, the UN has repeatedly recorded an increase in violence at the community level in Jonglei and Greater Pibor, Warrap, and northern Bahr el Ghazal states. Here the violence has become more lethal and organised, as political players deliberately fuel underlying grievances and arm communities. This violence has had a devastating impact on civilians, with hundreds killed or maimed and thousands displaced.
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The U.N. Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN Mission in South Sudan have called on the government to hold those who have committed killings and abductions to account, but also ... Read more »
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Nearly a year after President Salva Kiir formed a unity government with opposition leader Riek Machar - now theRead more »
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Speaking on the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers - or Red Hand Day - the United Nations Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, ... Read more »
Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Horn of Africa, left, and Jean-Pierre Lacroix, right, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, at a 2020 briefing to the UN Security Council on Sudan and South Sudan and the situation in Abyei.
