Japanese UN diplomat attacks sanctions on S. Sudan Junior Ali | December 30, 2016 | 2:35 pm
Yoshifumi Okamura, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the UN. Credit: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire The international community needs to support a nation building process in South Sudan with the help current leadership of the country, says Japan’s Permanent Deputy Representative to the United Nations. According to Japanese media, Yoshifumi Okamura discouraged the use of sanctions, arms embargos and asset freezes on the country, saying “he is doubtful if the measures will be effective”. The measure was tabled at the UN Security Council last Friday, but failed to get gain the nine votes required for it to be adopted.Eight countries including Russia, China and Japan abstained. The Japanese Asahi Shimbun news agency reports Mr. Okamura as saying Japan has cooperated with the South Sudanese government through the dispatch of SDF troops, and that these relations “must not collapse due to sanctions.” Mr. Okamura was in charge of the Japan’s negotiations with other countries on whether or not to support the resolution. -- 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/CAJb14op5L-v7swJUrK2c9Uei-tuXF5PhrRvrMdmLHX29ZoTVqQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
