African Union or AU Peace and Security Council in its 547th meeting in New York at the level of heads of state and government urged South Sudan warring parties to fully implement the peace agreement they signed to end the 21-month long civil war.
In a communiqu√© released after their September 26 summit on the sideline of the United Nations General Assembly’s high level meeting on South Sudan, the Council said the parties should fully commit to the document without any reservations.
It notes with deep disappointment and concern reports of violations of the permanent ceasefire, expressing determination to impose measures against all those who would impede the implementation process.
The Council in the communiqué calls for urgent transition of the IGAD Monitoring and Verification Mechanism into the Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring Mechanism as a means to address ceasefire violations.
The Council requests the Commission Chairperson to release the report on atrocities committed in South Sudan since 15 December 2013 as documented by the AU’s Commission of Inquiry and terminate its mandate.