Gov’t takes over responsibility to pay peace monitors, disburse $295,200 to CTSAMVM, NTC

JUBA – South Sudan government has taken over the responsibility of paying the country’s peace monitoring institutions, according to a communiqué issued by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD).

IGAD is the regional block which mediated the revitalized peace agreement known as R-ARCSS and its predecessor Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan (ARCSS) and has been funding activities of the peace monitoring mechanism.

These include the Ceasefire & Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring & Verification Mechanism (CTSAMVM) and the National Transitional Committee (NTC) led by President Salva Kiir’s security advisor Tut Gatluak.

In a communiqué issued following its 72^nd Extra-Ordinary Session that was held via video-conference, the IGAD Council of Ministers said it appreciates South Sudan’s unity government “for the collective compromises and progress made so far in the implementation of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS) especially in the implementation of Chapters I and II and the holding of the ceasefire.”

The communiqué further “Applauded the RTGoNU for agreeing to take over the responsibility of paying National Monitors of CTSAMVM and NTC for disbursing two-hundred ninety-five thousand two hundred USD (USD 295,200) for this purpose.”