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U.S propose more UN sanctions, arms embargo on S. Sudan
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September 11, 2017 (JUBA) - The United States proposed to impose an
international arms embargo on South Sudan if there is no positive
development in the implementation of the peace agreement, diplomatic
sources told Sudan Tribune..
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The proposal was made during a joint meeting for the UN Security
Council and the African Union Peace and Security Council held in Addis
Ababa on 8 September 2017.
The meeting, which discussed different conflicts including Somalia,
South Sudan, and central Africa countries, was briefed by UN special
envoy to the AU, Haile Menkerios, about the poor implementation of the
peace agreement and underlined that the 2018 elections can only be
held if the security situation is stable.
Menkerios who was the former UN envoy for Sudan and South Sudan also
said the dialogue process launched by President Salva Kiir is not a
substitute to the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the
Republic of South Sudan (ARCRSS) of August 2015.
For his part, the U.S. diplomat who represented his country at the
meeting said the ARCRSS should be fully implemented before to hold
general elections in South Sudan.
In addition, he proposed that if things did not change, further
targeted sanctions and an arms embargo may be needed in order to get
the parties to change their behaviour.
However, the Russian delegate objected the proposal saying such
punitive measures are ineffective pointing that there are plenty of
illegal weapons in the new country.
For their part, the members of the African Union Peace and Security
members pointed to the need to hold the revitalization process decided
by the IGAD countries last June.
In November 2016, the U.S demanded the UN Security Council to impose
sanctions on Malong and Minister Lueth for hampering the peace process
in the world’s youngest nation. But the draft resolution was vetoed by
the Russian and Chinese envoys at the Security Council
The armed opposition faction (SPLM-IO) leader, also the country’s
former First Vice President, Riek Machar was also on the rejected
list.
Last week, the U.S Treasury Department decided to blacklist Malek
Reuben Riak Rengu, the deputy chief of defence for logistics in the
SPLA and three companies reportedly he established abroad. Further,
the sanctions include Paul Malong, the former army chief who was
dismissed in May; and Minister of Information Michael Makuei Lueth.
In July 2015, the United Nations Security Council imposed sanctions on
six South Sudanese generals accused of fuelling conflict in the
world’s youngest nation. The generals, three from each side of the
conflict, were meant to face global travel bans and asset freezes.
South Sudan’s civil war has killed tens of thousands of people and
displaced more than two million people since it broke out in
mid-December 2013.
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