UN mission in South Sudan briefs Lakes state on mandate
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August 17, 2011 (JUBA) - The United Nations Mission in South Sudan
(UNMISS), briefed Lakes state’s council of ministers on Wednesday
about the new mission’s mandate in the world’s newest country.
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Lakes state Governor Chol Tong (center) with UNMISS representative
Renuka Childambaram at UN briefing in Rumbek. August 18, 2011 (ST)
The head of UNMISS’s office in Lakes state Renuka Childambaram told
ministers and officials that the new mission will support rule of law
and developmental activities in the state as well as protecting
civilians and promoting human rights, with an emphasis on nation
building and training local police.
UNMISS has evolved out of the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) that was
mandated to assist in the implementation of the 2005 Comprehensive
Peace Agreement that more than two ended decades of civil war and
allowed South Sudan to secede in July after a referendum earlier this
year.
Juba has welcomed an extension of the UN’s presence but Khartoum has
refused to allow the mission to continue in North Sudan after the CPA
ended with South Sudan’s independence on July 9.
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Lakes state’s rural development minister Jok Ayom (center), minister
of agriculture (right) and minister of health (left) attend UN
briefing in Rumbek. August 18, 2011 (ST)
At Wednesday’s meeting the Lakes state Legislative Assembly Speaker
John Marik Makur called upon UNMISS to support parliament with
capacity building, training on human rights as well rule of law.
Lakes state Governor Chol Tong Mayay told his council of ministers
that his government will facilitate UNMISS’s work and welcomed the
briefing saying that he anticipated that the mission could remain for
up to six years.
Conflict that lasted for most of Sudan’s independence has left South
Sudan severely underdeveloped. Despite the 2005 peace deal insecurity,
through rebellions, cattle raiding and banditry, remains a major
problem for Africa’s 54th nation.
(ST)
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