The East African
Friday April 09 2021
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The Security Council can only lift the arms embargo on South Sudan when the 2018 peace agreement is fully implemented, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said.
In the latest report on benchmarks to assess the arms embargo in South Sudan, Mr Guterres said that the major matters that should be fulfilled include establishment of the Revitalized Transitional Legislative Assembly, Commission of Truth and Reconciliation, full formation of States governments and the unification of forces into one professional army.
“This perspective is fully in line with paragraph 4 of resolution 2521 (2020), in which the Security Council expressed its intention to review the arms embargo in light of progress achieved in implementing all provisions of the agreement, and adherence to the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement.