IGAD to hold meeting to revitalise S. Sudan peace agreement
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June 12, 2017 (ADDIS ABABA) - The leaders of the East African regional
block - the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Monday
have decided to convene a meeting of the signatories of 2015 peace
agreement to discuss ways to revitalise its implementation.
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An extraordinary session of the IGAD heads of states meeting in the
Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa (IGAD File photo)
The IGAD leaders held an extraordinary summit on South Sudan in Addis
Ababa with the participation of Sudanese and Ugandan presidents, South
Sudan first vice president, Ethiopian and Somali prime ministers,
Djiboutian and Kenyan foreign ministers.
The meeting which was attended by regional and international
facilitators underscored that the Agreement on the Resolution of the
Conflict in South Sudan (ARCSS) remains the only "viable way forward"
to bring peace and lay out the foundations for a democratic regime in
the war-ravaged country.
"The IGAD Summit calls upon all the parties to take urgent steps to
draw concrete plan and timeline to compensate the delay and to
revitalise the full implementation of the ARCSS;" said the final
communiqué released after the meeting.
The summit further decided "to urgently convene a High-level
Revitalization Forum of the parties to the ARCSS including estranged
groups to discuss concrete measures, to restore permanent ceasefire,
to full implementation of the Peace Agreement and to develop a revised
and realistic timeline and implementation schedule towards a
democratic election at the end of the transition period".
The South Sudanese President Salva Kiir who was conspicuous by his
absence declared a unilateral cessation of hostilities and called for
a national dialogue process which he wanted to be a forum to achieve
reconciliation and to discuss the ARCSS implementation.
The call for a revitalization meeting the IGAD intends to hold
urgently may be hailed by the opposition groups who distanced
themselves from the government-led dialogue process in Juba.
Commenting on the IGAD extraordinary meeting, John Prendergast,
Founding Director at the Enough Project, said: "Because its war is
spiralling, South Sudan needs a new, dynamic, and inclusive peace
processé.
"If IGAD is unwilling to commit to revitalising the peace process and
make it more inclusive and responsive to the evolving conflict
dynamic, then the responsibility for an expanded peace initiative
should shift to the African Union and United Nations," he called.
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13 June 05:58, by Malakal county Simon
Abolish so called national dialogue, and start resuscitate 2015
Accord as this the only alternative .......
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13 June 07:05, by Eyez
IGAD must tackle the elephant, not its shadow, this time.
Revitalisation of the dead peace agreement and its full implemention
is the only way that, the guns may fall silent, otherwise, South Sudan
will burn.
Kiir’s (JCE cooked) Jienge National Dialogue was a smoke
screen designed to confuse people Nationally, Regionally and/or
Internationally. While they continue with their atrocities.
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13 June 06:43, by Eastern
You can imgine what was racing through the mind of El Tabani Deng
yesterday during the meeting. What has his GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP
with Kiir achieved since July 2016: mass displacement, war sprialing
out of control, hyper inflation, name it!!!
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13 June 07:03, by anyanya1
My bro EASTERN;
good working relationship won’t bring anything look at this 👉
useless TABAN EL TABAN his honey 🍯 moon 🌙 is coming to an end soon,
the Real man is coming back from SA let dem watch this one.
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