Symposium Day 1 Closing Remarks
Closing remarks delivered by IGAD Special Envoy Lazaro Sumbeiywo in Addis Ababa at the end of the first day of the multi-stakeholder symposium of the IGAD talks.
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Closing remarks delivered by IGAD Special Envoy Lazaro Sumbeiywo in Addis Ababa at the end of the first day of the multi-stakeholder symposium of the IGAD talks.
Program of events for the multi-stakeholder symposium of the IGAD talks, "Towards Sustainable Peace in South Sudan."
Revises the mandate of UNMISS to focus on protection of civilians, facilitation of humanitarian access and human rights verification and monitoring.
Press release issued by the mediation adjourning the talks and calling for a resumption in June.
Proposes parameters for the talks and core principles for the proposed transitional period, humanitarian affairs, transitional justice and constitutional issues.
The AU welcomes the signing of the “Agreement to Resolve the Crisis in South Sudan” by President Salva Kiir Mayardit of the Republic of South Sudan and Dr. Riek Machar Teny, Chairman of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) in Opposition, in Addis Ababa on 9 May 2014, under the auspices of Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn of Ethiopia, Chair of IGAD.
Describes violations of the CoH by the government in Unity and Upper Nile States.
Urges both leaders to take immediate action to ensure that the agreement is implemented in full and that armed groups on both sides adhere to its terms; acknowledges the effort of the Chairman of IGAD, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, to convene the meeting and to mediate this positive outcome between the two leaders; pledges to do all the U.S. can do to help secure peace.