Juba, South Sudan
March 17, 2022 — The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday extended the stay of its peacekeeping mission in South Sudan for another year while calling for political dialogue to mitigate a return to another bloody civil war.
In a statement seen by Nyamilepedia, the Resolution 2625 (2022) received 13 votes in the council, with China and Russia abstaining.
According to Resolution 2625(2022), the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)’s mandate will now continue until March 15, 2023.
The council concludes that UNMISS will maintain its 17, 000 peacekeeping mission but their mandate shall focus on protection of civilians, creation of conducive environment for delivery of humanitarian assistance, investigation and reporting of violations of international humanitarian law and human rights.
“.. The current level of deployment — with a troop ceiling at 17,000 and police ceiling at 2,101 — shall be maintained to focus on four key areas: protection of civilians; creation of conditions conducive to the delivery of humanitarian assistance; support for the implementation of the Revitalised Agreement and the Peace Process; and monitoring, investigating and reporting on violations of international humanitarian law, as well as abuses of human rights”, the statement reads.
According to the statement, the UNSC further called for the strengthening of the Mission’s sexual and gender-based violence prevention and response activities with members demanding that all parties should immediately stop all forms of violence, human rights violations, and abuses including rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence and called on the government of South Sudan to hold those responsible to account.
The highest UN body expressed its frustrations over the delays in implementing the 2018 peace deal and urged the parties to the agreement to implement it fully with equal participation of women, civil society.
