Sudan Advocacy Action Forum Birmingham, AL July 12, 2016 URGENT
Ambassador Donald Booth
Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan
The State Department
Washington, DC
By E-Mail
Dear Ambassador Booth:
With a sense of failure and profound regret, we must acknowledge that South
Sudan is a failed state. South Sudan’s leadership - fueled by greed,
nepotism, incompetence and ethnic pride - has failed the people of South
Sudan.
The result is starvation, anarchy, corruption, death and unending conflict.
While we held out hope for the Transitional Government of National Unity,
to the
extent that it actually exists, it seems to have made no progress and must
also
be recognized as failed. Thus the entire Agreement on Resolution of
Conflict in
South Sudan which was negotiated by IGAD+, but never fully accepted by the
protagonists, has failed.
The African Union in its work in Sudan has demonstrated that it is unable,
even
in partnership with the U.N., to effectively end genocide in that nation.
The
IGAD nations have national interests that supersede their concern for the
people
of South Sudan. Thus another entity must rescue the people from their
leadership.
The circumstances leading up to the current situation are well known and
need
not be repeated. However, one consequence is that we have two well
equipped,
ill-trained and undisciplined armies which embody the worst in tribalism in
the
same location. It has taken only minimal inappropriate action to result in
uncontrolled war in the capital Juba. Whether this is directed by the
leadership or reflects a loss of control, is not known at this time and is
immaterial in the near term.
Despite today’s reported return to normalcy in Juba, urgent action remains a
requirement.
Thus we urge you, in turn, to urge the United States Ambassador to the
United
Nations to propose to the Security Council that it must publicly direct the
preparations to:
1. Declare South Sudan a failed state.
2. Direct the nominal transitional government of South Sudan and its
opposition
to immediately remove all military forces from Juba to cantonment areas a
distance of 40 kilometers or greater from Juba and to cease all military
operations including military flights.
3. Direct all non-South Sudanese militia and other military forces to
immediately withdraw from South Sudan.
4. Update the UN mandate for UNMISS to:
a. place 25,000 well trained, well equipped, well-disciplined UN forces
in
South Sudan with the additional forces going to Juba;
b. direct aggressive action on the part of the U.N. military and police
forces to protect civilians even if this involves engaging South Sudanese
military forces which have not complied with the order to evacuate Juba;
c. provide personal security for the President, First Vice President,
Vice
President and other officials as needed.
d. establish an interim UN protectorate for South Sudan with UN
governance
until South Sudan is capable of governing itself. Subsequently, take such
necessary action as needed to establish a condition allowing responsible
self-government.
5. As soon as the U.N. is capable of doing so, coordinate humanitarian
relief
to the people of South Sudan sufficient to check the starvation.
6. Declare that all income from oil, previously provided to the Government
of
South Sudan be directed to a U.N. Trusteeship for South Sudan. Such income
will
be used to assist with humanitarian relief and offset the cost of the United
Nations protective action.
7. Determine the cause of the horrific carnage that is taking place and
bring
the perpetrators to justice.
Immediately, notify the leaders of TGONU that these preparations are being
made
and that they will be implemented should TGONU fail immediately to
implement in
good faith the Agreement on Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan.
As you are well aware, the conflict in Juba has spread to other areas and is
likely to spread further. This is not business as usual; however the
situation
for the people of South Sudan is extreme and requires extraordinary
measures.
We understand that the United Nations Security Council met on Sunday, July
10th
to consider the situation and is scheduled to meet again on Wednesday.
Thus,
this is both vitally important and urgent to address the council on
Wednesday.
The council may choose to immediately implement some of these
recommendations
including: items 2, 3, 4a, 4b, 4c, 5, and 7.
As advocates for a just and lasting peace, we urge your immediate action!
Truly yours,
For and as directed by Eleanor Wright, PhD
Moderator, Sudan Advocacy Action Forum
Copy to:
Secretary of State
Embassy of the Republic of South Sudan
Coalition of Advocates for South Sudan
Act for Sudan
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