UN Urges South Sudan Leaders to End War
Date
7/14/2015 3:27:57 AM
(MENAFN- QNA) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged the leaders of South Sudan to end hostilities and to move beyond their "partial interests" and show courage and leadership.
"I repeat my call to President Kiir and former Vice-President Dr. Riek Machar to give up war – for the sake of the people and future of South Sudan. I urge them to compromise, forge a Political deal and make true on their promises to protect their people," declared Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon from Addis-Ababa, where he is attending the Third International conference on Financing for Development.
Speaking to the press after a "productive" meeting with Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, and Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, he said the United Nations is offering full support to Intergovernmental Authority on Development Partners Forum (IGAD), "so that collectively we show the parties a single way forward."
"We are in agreement. The conflict in South Sudan must stop," Ban stated.
Convinced that peace in South Sudan also requires support from its neighbors, the UN top official also urged Uganda President Yoweri Museveni and Sudan President Omar Al-Bashir to use their influence on the parties to help end this conflict.
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