Speak in one voice against S Sudan crisis, UNSC members told

[Elisabeth Janaina]

Speak in one voice against S Sudan crisis, UNSC members told
Daniel Danis | August 25, 2017 | 3:10 pm
Nicholas Haysom, the Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Sudan and S
Sudan, briefs the Security Council on the situation in S Sudan on Aug
24, 2017. UN Photo/Kim Haughton

The UN officials have called upon the Security Council to speak in
unison against the political, security and humanitarian situation that
they say has impacted negatively on the South Sudanese people.

The Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General, Nicholas Haysom, told
the council members Thursday that the security situation and the level
of the crisis in have been worsened by the continuing clashes between
armed groups and government forces.

Mr. Haysom says a clear commitment to an inclusive and credible peace
process which is backed internationally will pave way for stability in
South Sudan.

Last year, President Salva Kiir launched the national dialogue
process, and the SPLM factions have been meeting in Uganda to
implement the Arusha document on reunifications.

IGAD leaders also called for revitalization forum that will see all
signatories to the peace agreement meet to review the timeline and
iron out issues that affected its implementation.

“The revitalization forum, the National Dialogue or the other
initiatives should neither adopt the agenda of the other, nor overload
the agenda of competing initiatives with their goals,” Haysom said.

Nicholas Haysom says he remains hopeful that five ongoing
international and regional initiatives could help resolve the
political and security crisis.

He says his office will support these initiatives towards a sustainable peace.