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Friday 10 Jul 2015 - 18:29 Makkah mean time-23-9-1436
South Sudan conflict (Google image)
New York (IINA) – The UN Security Council expressed “profound disappointment” with South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, former Vice-President Riek Machar and other leaders “who have put their personal ambitions ahead of the good of their country and their people.”
The Council declared on Thursday that months of politically motivated violence in South Sudan has left thousands dead and caused a “man-made…catastrophe”.
In a press statement noting that July 9 marks the 4th anniversary of independence for the world's youngest nation, the Council members stressed that political sparring between South Sudanese key leadership has “jeopardized the foundation of this fledgling State”, and appealed for an urgent return to a political process that would end the ongoing crisis.
They noted that the failure of President Kiir and Machar to pursue peace has resulted in the death of tens of thousands of civilians, the displacement of more than 2.1 million people, and the attacks upon, and deaths of, UN peacekeepers, internally displaced persons receiving UN protection, and humanitarian personnel.
The Council strongly condemned human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law in South Sudan, involving castration, mass-rape, and the burning of women and children in their homes, according to the statement.
The Council members expressed their determination to support all efforts to hold those responsible to account for these crimes, the statement added.
According to the latest estimates released by the UN refugee agency, more than 730,000 people have fled into neighboring countries such as Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya and Sudan, which has seen the highest arrival rate this year. Meanwhile, among the millions that remain internally displaced, more than 100,000 have sought safety at increasingly crowded civilian protection sites run by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
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