SOUTH SUDAN: BAN DEMANDS END TO VIOLENCE AS UN MISSION RELOCATES STAFF FROM JUBA

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Date: 22 Dec 2013 12:00:01 -0500
Subject: SOUTH SUDAN: BAN DEMANDS END TO VIOLENCE AS UN MISSION
RELOCATES STAFF FROM JUBA
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SOUTH SUDAN: BAN DEMANDS END TO VIOLENCE AS UN MISSION RELOCATES STAFF
FROM JUBANew York, Dec 22 2013 12:00PMAmid escalating tensions and
deadly clashes between military factions in South Sudan, the United
Nations Mission in the country today announced that it has begun
relocating staff from the capital, Juba, while Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon has demanded that South Sudanese political and military
leaders end all hostilities and targeted attacks against civilians.
In a statement issued early this morning, UNMISS announced that, as a
precautionary measure to reduce pressure on its limited resources, it
will relocate non-critical staff from Juba to the Ugandan city of
Entebbe.

Also, on Saturday, UNMISS relocated all remaining civilian staff from
its compound in the Jonglei state capital of Bor to Juba. At the same
time, the Mission is planning to reinforce its military presence in
Bor and Pariang to continue fulfilling its mandate to help protect
South Sudanese civilians.

"We are not abandoning South Sudan. We are here to stay, and will
carry on in our collective resolve to work with and for the people of
South Sudan," said Special Representative for South Sudan and head of
UNMISS, Hilde Johnson.
The decision to relocate some staff comes three days after an UNMISS
base in Akobo, in restive Jonglei state, was overrun by an estimated
2,000 heavily armed assailants in a brazen attack that left some 20
Dinka ethnic civilians dead alongside two UN peacekeepers. Another
peacekeeper was wounded in the incident. After the attack, the
assailants, believed to be of Lour Nuer ethnicity, fled with arms,
ammunition and other supplies.

"To anyone who wants to threaten us, attack us or put obstacles in our
way, our message remains loud and clear: we will not be intimidated,"
said Ms. Johnson.

"The United Nations has taken this decision to relocate staff …while
UNMISS continues to provide assistance and shelter to over 20,000
civilians gathered inside its compounds in the South Sudanese national
capital," the statement adds.

Plans are underway to relocate all non-critical UNMISS staff from the
Mission's compound near the Unity State capital of Bentiu later today,
and reinforcements are also being planned for Bentiu.

UNMISS continues to engage, together with international and regional
partners, with key South Sudanese leaders in its ongoing efforts to
help find a peaceful solution to the current crisis. Once the security
situation in the country has stabilized, the Mission anticipates the
return of non-critical staff to Juba.

Meanwhile, expressing his grave concern about the deteriorating
security situation Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon demanded that all
political, military and militia leaders to hostilities and end the
violence against civilians.

"I call on President Salva Kiir of South Sudan and opposition
political leaders, including former Vice President Riek Machar, to
come to the table to find a political way out of this crisis, the UN
chief <"http://www.un.org/sg/offthecuff/index.asp?nid=3215">said at
the start of a press conference in Manila, where he was wrapping up a
three-day visit to some of the areas of the country hardest hit by
Typhoon Haiyan.

Mr. Ban said the situation in South Sudan was of serious concern to
the international community and that the young country's political and
military leadership have a responsibility to the people to end the
crisis and find the political means of addressing their differences.

Deadly clashes have escalated in the country since last weekend,
according to media reports, following what President Kiir's Government
claimed was an attempted coup by soldiers loyal to the former Vice
President, who was dismissed in July.

He reiterated his call on the country's political players to "do
everything in their power to ensure that their followers hear the
message loud and clear that continued violence, ethnic and otherwise,
is completely unacceptable and poses a dangerous threat to the future
of their young country."

The Secretary-General said the UN is doing its best to mobilize, first
of all, mediation capacity, including through his decision to dispatch
senior officials to Juba.

"And I understand that the African Union has also sent their mediation
team. The foreign ministers of five countries of IGAD
[Intergovernmental Authority on Development] are also on the ground,
meeting with both parties -- [the Government of] South Sudan and the
former Vice President Machar's party," he added.

As for efforts to protect vulnerable civilians, he said that the UN is
actively trying to transfer assets from other peacekeeping missions,
like the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and some other areas.

"And we are also seeking support from other key countries [that] can
provide the necessary assets. We are in shortage of capacity," the
Secretary-General said.
Dec 22 2013 12:00PM
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