Off the wire
• 1st LD Writethru: U.S. top lawmaker says House to vote on Senate's clean DHS bill Tuesday  • Euro zone industrial producer prices down in Jan.  • Urgent: Israeli PM calls for rejection of bad nuke deal with Iran  • Ukraine warns against "premature optimism" over conflict resolution  • Urgent: Ex-CIA chief pleads guilty to federal charge of mishandling classified material  • Turkish, Turkmen presidents vow to broaden economic cooperation  • Sri Lanka arrests former female rebel  • NATO to conduct annual crisis management exercise  • Malta's measles vaccination coverage rate stands at 99 pct  • Sri Lankan families demand U.N. probe of missing members  
You are here: 　 Home

1st LD Writethru: Security Council decides to impose sanctions on South Sudan

Xinhua, March 4, 2015 Adjust font size:

UN Security Council on Tuesday adopted a resolution on South Sudan, deciding to impose targeted sanctions on those who would threaten peace, security and stability of the country.

In the unanimously adopted resolution, the Security Council decided to impose travel bans on individuals and asset freeze on individuals and entities who have directly or indirectly engaged in actions or policies that would block peace in South Sudan for an initial period of one year from today.

The actions or policies include the ones that have the purpose or effect of expanding the conflict in South Sudan or obstructing peace talks or processes, including breaches of the cessation of hostilities agreements signed by the government and the opposition.

The resolution also includes the use of children by armed groups in the shortlist of actions that would be applied to sanctions.

Besides, the council decided to establish a committee consisting of all the members of the council to monitor implementation of the sanction measures and to report within 60 days to the council on its work.

In South Sudan, though the warring parties, the government and the opposition, signed agreements through the mediation of the East African bloc, conflict has continued in South Sudan, claiming lives and displacing citizens of the country. What's more, children seized by armed groups in the conflict are forcibly recruited as child soldiers, according to the UN Children Fund ( UNICEF).

The Security Council is willing to use sanction measures to support the search for an inclusive and sustainable peace in the country, said the statement.

After the adoption of the resolution, Francis M. Deng, permanent representative of South Sudan to the UN, said "we hope that it will refrain from actually imposing sanctions and engage the parties in a constructive dialogue to bring a speedy end to the conflict." Endite