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Haysom, a South African lawyer and a career UN diplomat, made the revelation during a meeting with First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny at his office the capital Juba this on Thursday.
According to Machar’s office, Haysom said he acquainted himself “with a lot of issues at hand” and his “mission was to see how best to help the people of South Sudan in the transition.”
“He informed that a United Nations Experts Team on elections would be visiting South Sudan in the near future,” the statement added.
According to the revitalized peace agreement, the parties shall go for elections after as 36-long transitional period ending in 2022.
While international community has reiterated calls for elections on time, the government has deferred the elections for 2022 arguing that delay in some tasks of the revitalized peace agreement makes it impossible for elections to take place as provided for in the agreement.
