The Intergovernmental Authority on Development or IGAD Council of Ministers on Sunday endorsed the 100-day extension for the formation of South Sudan transitional government.
The council’s move means that a special committee formed by mediators, parties to the conflict and guarantors of the peace deal will start work immediately, with priority on settling the debate on the number of states and security arrangements.
According to Daily Nation, the council in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia asked President Salva Kiir to immediately disburse the 100 million US dollars needed to implement the peace deal.
It welcomed the Outcome Document of the Ministerial consultative meeting with parties to the agreement that took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on November 9.
That meeting endorsed the agreement of the tripartite summit, and the outcome document including the agreement to extend the Pre-Transitional Period for 100 days effective November 12.
It urged the guarantors and the parties to urgently utilize the new mechanism agreed upon in the Entebbe Tripartite Summit of November 7, 2019.
The Council also called for preparation of the terms of reference of the new mechanism by taking into consideration the mandate and work of existing agreement, mechanisms and institutions.”
It directed that the new mechanism work closely and coordinate with the National Pre-Transitional Committee IGAD’s Special Envoy for South Sudan, the R-JMEC and the CTSAMVM.