{UAH} UN SECRETARY GENERAL ON SOUTH SUDAN WAR OUTBREAK
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Ronald Kayanja
4 hrs •
Statement by the UN Secretary-General on South Sudan
I am deeply alarmed by the ongoing fighting in Juba between soldiers
of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and the SPLA in
Opposition. This outbreak of hostilities in the capital, on the eve of
the country's fifth anniversary of independence, is yet another
illustration of the parties' lack of serious commitment to the peace
process and represents a new betrayal of the people of South Sudan,
who have suffered from unfathomable atrocities since December 2013.
I am also gravely concerned by the resurgence of violence in Wau and
Bentiu, which could lead to a dramatic deterioration of the security
situation across the country. I demand that international humanitarian
law be respected and also that unfettered access to those in need by
United Nations and humanitarian partners be ensured. I strongly
condemn attacks on United Nations and humanitarian operations, the
latest of which was on a senior UN agency official in the capital last
night.
I urge President Kiir and First Vice-President Riek Machar to put an
immediate end to the ongoing fighting, discipline the military leaders
responsible for the violence and finally work together as partners to
implement the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South
Sudan.
The United Nations remains committed to working with all South
Sudanese, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, the African
Union and international and regional partners, to support the return
of the country to peace and stability.
New York, 8 July 2016
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4 hrs •
Statement by the UN Secretary-General on South Sudan
I am deeply alarmed by the ongoing fighting in Juba between soldiers
of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and the SPLA in
Opposition. This outbreak of hostilities in the capital, on the eve of
the country's fifth anniversary of independence, is yet another
illustration of the parties' lack of serious commitment to the peace
process and represents a new betrayal of the people of South Sudan,
who have suffered from unfathomable atrocities since December 2013.
I am also gravely concerned by the resurgence of violence in Wau and
Bentiu, which could lead to a dramatic deterioration of the security
situation across the country. I demand that international humanitarian
law be respected and also that unfettered access to those in need by
United Nations and humanitarian partners be ensured. I strongly
condemn attacks on United Nations and humanitarian operations, the
latest of which was on a senior UN agency official in the capital last
night.
I urge President Kiir and First Vice-President Riek Machar to put an
immediate end to the ongoing fighting, discipline the military leaders
responsible for the violence and finally work together as partners to
implement the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South
Sudan.
The United Nations remains committed to working with all South
Sudanese, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, the African
Union and international and regional partners, to support the return
of the country to peace and stability.
New York, 8 July 2016
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