S. Sudan president opens new chapter of cooperation with UN
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UN chief António Guterres (right) meets with President Salva Kiir, at
the 28th summit of the African Union (AU), in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
on 29 January 2017 (UN photo)
February 2, 2017 (JUBA) - South Sudan President Salva Kiir said has
decided to open a new chapter of cooperation with the United Nations,
saying he met and agreed with the new secretary general of the United
Nations to work together towards promoting the founding values of the
organizations.
“My knowledge of the United Nations is that it is not an independent
country and it is not superior to any country. I know it as an
organization of the member states which are governed by their own laws
and practices as sovereign states. At the United Nations, we are equal
members, regardless of whether a country is young, old, big or small”,
said President Kiir, according one of his aides who attended a meeting
with the new UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of
the recent summit of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Kiir said his country and himself has been treated as unequal member
and a boy to other countries and leaders that the United Nations was
acting like a separate government in South Sudan.
"Sometimes when citizens read messages from the United Nations about
South Sudan, they begin to wonder why the country and its leadership
are treated like that. When they are annoyed, they go out on their own
to protest this treatment. We understand their concerns but we say no
that is not how to present issues. There is a way to do things but
some people within the United Nations took it as our weakness and they
continued to behave as if South Sudan a protectorate state of the
United Nations so we get orders from them,” said Kiir
The South Sudanese leader said an indirect reference to his bad
relations with the former secretary general of the United Nations. As,
the relations between UN and South Sudan government have deteriorated
after fighting broke out in Juba in December 2013.
In January 2014, the UN’s camp in Bor was the scene of a dispute
between the government and the UN when South Sudan’s Information
Minister Michael Makuei Lueth’ was refused entry the compound because
of his two armed bodyguards.
At the time, the UN chief released a statement condemning the forced
entry by government officials. Ban Ki-moon said he was particularly
disturbed over threats made to UN staff after they refused to allow
armed soldiers to enter the site after they tried to accompany
civilians inside.
“Some of them have now gone to contest for elections in their own
countries to become president. I don’t know now how they would feel if
they become president and the United Nations secretariat decided to
treat them like the way they conducted them when it comes to the
issues related to South Sudan and their leadership. This has to change
so that we treat ourselves according to international protocol and
norms .As for us; we are ready to open a new chapter of cooperation
with the new leadership of the United Nations and we will support you
in implementing and promoting the founding values and universal
ideals,” said President Kiir.
The former rebel commander turned politician and became president of
the young nation made the remarks during his recent meeting at the
margin of the African union summit
His remarks appear to have played a role in the manner in which the
new secretary general of the United Nations has been making comments
indicating a major shift in relations.
After returning to the headquarters of the United Nations in New York,
Antonio Guterres expressed readiness of the organization to working to
“avoid the worst” for South Sudan. He also praised the international
and regional cooperation that prevented large-scale violence. He also
described the situation in the country as “dramatic” and could worsen.
Guterres said it was agreed at a meeting involving himself, leaders of
the AU and East African bloc IGAD that they would cooperate to make
sure that South Sudan’s national dialogue be genuinely inclusive and
move forward.
“In a meeting with Salva Kiir, it was agreed that we will have better
cooperation both for the U.N. mission to operate more freely inside
South Sudan and for the Regional Protection Force to be put in place,"
said Guterres.
African nations have proposed deploying 4,000 troops into South Sudan
to help stabilize the country, where three years of conflict have
displaced more than two million people.
The United Nations has noted "historical deep-rooted rivalries"
between ethnic groups in the region. President Salva Kiir recently
created more states in the Malakal area by dividing its political
borders.
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3 February 06:28, by Midit Mitot
If you don,t listen your elder brother advise, you cloud hang like
un-updated computer, Mr President, you can not blame African and the
World at large since you have never accepted any single advice from
them since the war erupted in 2013.that,s why you are treating like
uncivilized boy.
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3 February 11:36, by Juba Lira
WISE White Man Saying about Nuer
1.. if you recruit them into Army, let them be 4 and less in
Platoon (pacila of 35 people)
2..Don’t promote Nuer to be Captain, only 1st Lt and retired
them there, because if you promote them to reach captain, they will be
rebels like what they are doing now in South Sudan
3—Don’t allow them to work in Hospitals, they have bad heart
so they will kill patients
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3 February 07:05, by Freedom Advocate
Very interesting!
Yes you must be treated like a school boy since you don’t know
what you’re doing?
You don’t even know how a country can be governed, you thought
it’s a payam or a boma. Don’t you feel ashamed when you’re are blaming
the international community of not cooperating with you?
Fix what you have messed yourselves and the rest will be fine.
Idiot!
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3 February 08:24, by Dengda
Title is wrong completely "Open new chapter with Up" may be new
negative chapter based on Kiir quoted words. No wonder Kiir can say
yes he will cooperate and when arrive in airport he would say the
different. United Nation is collective of all nation states of the
world and independent from any country, if any country is not conform
with Geneva agreement, that country would be treated as deviant.
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