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On Friday last week, the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution to renew for a year, till May 31, 2022, an arms embargo against South Sudan as well as targeted sanctions of travel ban and asset freeze against individuals and entities.
The Resolution 2577, which was adopted with 13 votes in favor and two abstentions, extends until July 1, 2022, the mandate of the Panel of Experts, which assists the work of the South Sudan Sanctions Committee.
However, in a statement Sunday, South Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said the renewal of sanctions undermines the sovereignty of the world’s youngest country and will definitely affect the implementation of the peace agreement.
“These punitive measures undermine the sovereignty of the Nation, jeopardize progress of the implementation of the Revitalized Agreement on Resolution of the Conflicts in the Republic of South Sudan,” it said.
The statement said the planned graduation of the unified forces provided for in the revitalized peace agreement will greatly be affected becoming clear that there would not be graduation of forces in the near future, if any at all.
“By extending arms embargo, graduation of the National Unified Forces (NUF) will greatly be affected, and will eventually weaken South Sudan to ascertain herself socially, economically, politically and in any unprecedented aggression internally or externally,” the statement said.
