UN chief says all officials complicit in violence will be held accountable NEW YORK (11 Jul.)
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that it won't only be the leaders of South Sudan who will be held accountable for recent violence in Juba "but all those in the chain of command, including chiefs of staff and other officials complicit in the violence," In a statement today in front of reporters, Ki-moon said that there "must and will be accountability for the atrocities that have been committed in South Sudan since 2013". Ban Ki-moon also suggested three courses of action to the United Nations Security Council. First, he said there should be an immediate arms embargo placed on the country. Second, he said that there should be additional targeted sanctions on leaders and commanders blocking the implementation of the peace agreement. And third, he said asked to fortify the UNMISS mission. "My message to President Salva Kiir and First Vice-President Riek Machar is clear: do everything in your power to de-escalate the hostilities immediately. Order your respective forces to withdraw to their bases" Ki-moon said "Let me underscore, again, to all those leading and perpetrating these hostilities that acts of violence perpetrated against civilians and United Nations and humanitarian personnel, assets and premises may constitute a war crime" -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oqKwPUM-46SLgadscueLdkNVvuDBi%2BpS2O8EpkYHTbz%2BA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
