Security Council renews sanctions against those blocking peace in South Sudan
| Publisher | UN News Service |
| Publication Date | 7 April 2016 |
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7 April 2016 - Determining that the situation in South Sudan poses a continuing threat to regional peace and security, the United Nations Security Council today renewed, until 1 June, its sanctions regime imposed last year against those blocking peace in the war-torn country, including a travel ban and a freeze on their assets.
Unanimously adopting a new resolution, the Council also decided to extend, until 1 July, the mandate of the Panel of Experts overseeing the sanctions, with the intention of reviewing it and deciding, no later than 15 April, whether to renew it further.
In a separate action, the Council issued a Presidential Statement read out by Ambassador Liu Jieyi of China, which holds the 15-member body's presidency for the month of April, welcoming progress made on steps outlined in its 17 March presidential statement on the matter. They included implementation of the Juba security arrangements and the return of some members of the Sudan People's Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) to the capital.
The Council nonetheless expressed regret that the steps set forth in the earlier text had not been fully met. It strongly urged all parties to complete them and to implement fully the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan.
