Source: United Nations - Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General |

Security Council Condemns Attack Against UNMISS

The members of the Security Council further condemned the continued violence committed by all parties in South Sudan

NEW YORK, United States of America, May 8, 2017/APO/ --

The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the attack against the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) on 3 May in Leer, South Sudan. The members of the Security Council expressed appreciation for the actions taken by UNMISS peacekeepers to repel the attack. 

The members of the Security Council recalled that individuals who, directly or indirectly, engage in attacks against United Nations missions, international security presence, or other peacekeeping operations, or humanitarian personnel, may be designated for targeted sanctions. 

The members of the Security Council further condemned the continued violence committed by all parties in South Sudan, including the ongoing military offensives, and called on all parties to immediately adhere to the permanent ceasefire as called for in the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan and to remove all obstacles to delivery of lifesaving humanitarian assistance. 

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of United Nations - Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.