UN to impose first sanctions on South Sudanese rival military commanders
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June 26, 2015 (NEW YORK) – United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is
expected to impose first wave of sanctions on a number of South
Sudanese rival military commanders when the Council sits on Monday, 29
June.
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SPLA Maj. Gen. Marial Chanuong Yol (R) and rebel commander Peter Gadet
were hit with US sanctions in May for their role in the South Sudan
conflict (Photo: Reuters/Goran Tomasevic)
A proposal for sanctions floated by the United States has already
identified at least 6 commanders, three from each side of the civil
war between president Salva Kiir’s government and armed opposition
faction led by former vice president, Riek Machar.
According to Reuters, the proposal targeted commanders on government’s
side include Major-General Marial Chanuong Yol Mangok, commander of
president Salva Kiir’s guards unit; sector one commander
Lieutenant-General Gabriel Jok Riak; and third division commander
Major-General Santino Deng Wol.
On the armed opposition’s side, those targeted include Major-General
Simon Gatwech Dual, chief of general staff for the opposition forces;
Major-General James Koang Chuol, commander of the opposition special
division one; and Major-General Peter Gadet, the deputy chief of
general staff of operations for the opposition forces.
The six are accused of threatening the peace and stability of the
world’s newest state and will likely be sanctioned with a global
travel ban and asset freeze. The US proposal is already co-sponsored
by the Britain and France, who are powerful nations in the 15-member
UN Security Council.
In the sanctions listing proposal, presidential units’ commander
Major-General Marial Chanuong was accused of leading the December 2013
"slaughter of Nuer civilians in and around Juba, many who were buried
in mass graves." One grave was purported to contain 200 to 300
civilians. Major-General Santino Deng was accused of perpetuating the
war against the rebels in Unity state.
Rebel commander Gadet’s forces were accused of targeting "civilians,
including women, in April 2014 during an assault on Bentiu, including
targeted killings on the basis of ethnicity."
The United States and the European Union have already imposed
sanctions on some rival commanders, including Chanuong and Gatdet.
No accusations have been made public about the additional one
government’s commander, Major-General Gabriel Jok Riak, and the two
senior rebel’s commanders including their chief of general staff,
Major-General Simon Gatwech Dual and Major-General James Koang Chuol.
The Security Council already passed a sanctions regime to target
leaders seen to be undermining security or interfering with the peace
process.
South Sudan plunged into civil war in December 2013 when a political
crisis within the ruling SPLM party sparked fighting between forces
loyal to Kiir and rebels allied with his former deputy Riek Machar.
The conflict has reopened ethnic fault lines that pit Kiir’s Dinka
people against Machar’s ethnic Nuer forces.
A new IGAD-Plus mechanism is yet to announce a date for resumption of
peace talks in Addis Ababa to try to end the war through a political
peace agreement between the two warring parties.
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27 June 09:01, by dinkdong
Why are they afraid to hit Kiir and Riek with sanctions too? These
western giants are hypocrites! Kiir and Riek caused this war and they
are the ones preventing the peace to prevail.
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27 June 09:50, by Mi diit
UN is bias to target only the chief of general staff of the
rebels Gen Simon Gatwech Dual who ran for his life from Juba while
leaving intact Kiir’s army chief Gen Paul Malong Awan who was the
mastermind of the genocide in Juba. He was the one who recruited the
Dinka militia group of Mathiang Anyor to carry out the genocide and
now pushes for more war. He should be included in this sanctions.
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