JUBA – The American government is willing to impose more sanctions on those impeding the implementation of South Sudan’s revitalized peace agreement and those responsible for attacks on humanitarian workers, US Deputy Representative to UN, Amb. Richard Mills, said Wednesday.
United States is one of a few South Sudanese friends providing millions of dollars in assistance to the war-affected South Sudanese, but rampant insecurity characterized by attacks on aid workers has made it difficult for humanitarian community to facilitate successful delivery of that assistance.
Speaking before the United Nations Security Council today, Ambassador Mills said humanitarian aid worth $1 million has been looted or burned and humanitarian workers being killed which he said makes it difficult for the aid workers to deliver assistance.
“More than $1 million-worth of humanitarian supplies badly needed by the South Sudanese people have been looted or burned. The continuous looting, threats, violent attacks against humanitarian actors have led to the suspension of operations by numerous humanitarian agencies and a reduction of lifesaving assistance to vulnerable citizens,” Ambassador Mills said.
While reiterating United States government’s commitment to continue the support of the people of South Sudan during these hard times, the American diplomat warned that those behind the attacks against aid workers may be subject to sanctions.
“We note those attacking humanitarian personnel may be subject to sanction measures,” Ambassador Mills warned.
“..the United States remains committed to the people of South Sudan and to working closely with the transitional government, our fellow members of the Council, and all stakeholders to enable peace and prosperity for South Sudan and the region,” he added.
It is better for Riek Machar to resign from his position and wait for election, if any one loyal to him should wait also for election, they are putting the country into critical situation, restrict many people from being employ into the government services and companies and NGO, they are misleading people not to do any good work in this current regime ,they are mobilizing people to confuse in the working places, big offices, market places and every where in the whole country, I am requesting the international community ,IGAD and African Union not putting the blame on the president of Republic of south sudan Gen Salvakiir mayardit and his followers
None sense, take your aids, you’re contributing so much to the destruction of Africans’ nations. Leave Africans alone to solve their problems. You destroy Congo, loot its wealth, killed millions innocent people, you destroy Libya and killed the most powerful Africans’ leader Gaddafi. You’re sponsoring terrorist groups to destabilize Africans nations. Keep your none sense to yourselves and leave Africans alone. Sanction! sanction! None sense. Just continue mourning your failure in Afghanistan. Forever war end in failure, evils people.
Complete nonsense.
How America left Afghanistan in mess today is the signs of their weakness forever , they are better leave their nonsense sanction that can not help in recent situation in South Sudan .
America is bias since 2013 up to now they are the one who drive Dr Riek Machar to the war .
it is painful when they claims to be friend of south Sudan, it is like pouring salt into the wounds